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New  Hampshire  Medical  Society 


From  Its  Organization  in  1791 
to  the  Year  1854 


Published  by  Authority  of  the  Society 


CONCORD,  N.  H. 

RUMFORD  PRINTING  CO. 

1911 


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1911 


EXPLANATORY  NOTE. 

For  many  years  the  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society 
has  had  a  standing  committee  on  the  History  of  Medicine 
in  New  Hampshire,  and  it  was  for  a  long  time  the  purpose 
of  that  committee  to  get  together  material  relating  to  the 
medical  profession  in  the  state  from  the  earliest  Colonial 
period,  and  to  that  end  much  matter  has  been  collected; 
but,  owing  to  the  magnitude  of  the  work  and  the  inability 
of  any  member  of  the  committee  to  give  sufficient  time 
to  the  undertaking,  it  was,  later,  concluded  to  publish 
simply  a  history  of  the  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society 
itself. 

The  committee  consisted  of: 

Irving  A.  Watson,  M.  D. 
WiUiam  Child,  M.  D. 
John  W.  Parsons,  M.  D. 
*Winiam  T.  Smith,  M.  D. 
Granville  P.  Conn,  M.  D. 

In  1908,  the  society  authorized  the  committee  to  pub- 
lish a  history  of  the  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society  for 
the  first  fifty  years  of  its  existence;  but  at  its  meeting  in 
1909,  it  was  voted  to  amend  the  previous  vote  and  to 
authorize  the  committee  to  extend  the  history  to  the  year 
1854,  the  date  at  which  the  publication  of  the  annual 
transactions  of  the  society  began. 

A  conference  of  the  committee  was  held,  and  it  was 
agreed  that  the  written  transactions  of  the  society  and  of 
the  council  for  the  period  named  would  constitute  the 
only  accurate  and  complete  history  of  the  society  itself, 
and  that  it  would  be  advisable,  for  historical  genealogical 
purposes,  to  print  these  transactions  in  the  original  phrase- 

*Died  September  17, 1909. 


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ology,  punctuation,  spelling,  paragraphing,  etc.,  of  the 
manuscript  records. 

The  work  has  required  more  time  than  was  anticipated, 
since  the  labor  of  copying,  which  required  not  only  the 
most  careful  following  of  capitalization,  spelling,  etc., 
but  also  the  deciphering  of  almost  illegible  words,  con- 
sumed a  great  deal  of  time,  aside  from  the  slow  and  careful 
process  of  proof-reading,  and  a  copy  more  than  ordinarily 
difficult  for  the  printer  to  follow. 

The  original  records  of  transactions  constitute  two  large 
volumes,  in  a  good  state  of  preservation,  and  one  smaller 
volume  of  transactions  of  the  council,  all  of  which  is 
embraced  in  this  work  down  to  the  year  1854. 

As  the  greater  value  of  the  work  centers  in  the  men  who 
composed  the  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society  during 
the  period  mentioned,  it  was  believed  that  an  index,  giving 
page-to-page  references  of  every  name  mentioned  in  the 
volumes,  would  best  serve  historical  and  genealogical 
purposes. 

Chairman  of  Committee. 
Concord,  N.  H.,  March  27,  1911. 


NEW    HAMPSHIRE 
MEDICAL    SOCIETY    RECORDS 

Vol.   I 


NEW    HAMPSHIRE     MEDICAL    SOCIETY 
RECORDS 


__  STATE  OF  NEW  HAMPSHIRE 

(     ^  ""    i      4^2,  j^g^  ^Q  incorporate  certain  Physicians  by  the 
name  of  the  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society. 

As  health  is  essentially  necessary  to  th®  happiness  of  So- 
ciety, and  as  its  preservation  or  recovery  is  closely  con- 
ected  with  the  knowledge  of  the  animal  economy  and  of  the 
properties  and  effect  of  medicine,  and  as  the  benefit  of 
medical  institutions  formed  on  liberal  principles  and  en- 
couraged by  the  patronage  of  the  law  is  universally 
acknowledged — 

Be  it  therefore  enacted,  by  the  Senate  and  House  of 
Representatives  in  General  Court  Convened,  that  Josiah 
Bartlett,  Joshua  Brackett,  Ammi  Ruhami  Cutter,  Hall 
Jackson,  Nathaniel  Peabody,  William  Page,  Moses  Carr, 
James  Brackett,  John  Rogers,  John  Jackson,  Ezra  Green, 
Ebenez  Rockwood,  William  Coggswell,  Kendall  Osgood, 
George  Sparhawke,  William  Parker,  Samuel  Tenney, 
Benjamin  Page  and  Isaac  Thom  be,  and  they  hereby  are 
formed  into,  constituted  and  made  a  body  politic  and  cor- 
porate by  the  name  of  the  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society, 
and  that  they  and  their  successors,  and  such  other  per- 
sons as  shall  be  elected  in  the  manner  herein  after  men- 
tioned, shall  be  and  continue  a  Body  Politic  and  Cor- 
porate by  the  same  name  forever. 

And  he  it  further  enacted  that  the  Fellows  of  said 
Society  may  form  time  to  time  elect  a  President,  Vice 
President  &  Secretary  with  such  other  officers  as  they  shall 
judge  necessary  and  convenient.  And  the  Fellows  of  said 
Society  shall  have  full  power  and  authority  from  time  to 
time  to  determine   and  establish  the  names,   number-  and 


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duty  of  their  several  officers,  and  the  tenure  and  estate  they 
have  in  their  officer  respectively :  and  also  to  authorize 
and  impower  their  President  or  some  other  officers  to  ad- 
minister such  Oaths  to  such  officers  as  they,  the  Fel- 
lows of  said  Society,  shall  appoint  and  determine  for  the 
well  ordering  and  good  government  of  said  Society,  pro- 
vided the  same  be  not  repugnant  to  the  Laws  of  this  State. 

And  he  it  further  enacted  that  the  FelloAvs  of  said 
Society  shall  have  one  common  Seal,  and  power  to  break, 
change  and  renew  the  same  at  their  pleasure. 

And  be  it  further  enacted  that  the  Fellows  of  said  So- 
ciety may  sue  and  be  sued  in  all  actions  real,  personal  and 
mixed,  and  prosecute  and  defend  the  same  unto  final  judg- 
ment and  execution  by  the  name  of  the  New  Hampshire 
IMedical  Society. 

And  be  it  further  enacted  that  the  Fellows  of  said 
Society  may  from  time  to  time  elect  such  persons  to  be  fel- 
lows thereof  as  they  may  judge  proper,  and  that  they,  the 
fellows  of  said  Society,  shall  have  power  to  suspend,  ex- 
pel or  disfranchise  any  fellows  of  said  Society. 

And  he  it  further  enacted  that  the  Fellows  of  said 
Society  shall  have  full  power  and  authority  to  make  and 
enact  such  rules  and  bye  laws  for  the  better  Government 
of  said  Society,  as  are  not  repugnant  to  the  laws  of  this 
State,  and  to  annex  reasonable  fines  and  penalties  to  the 
breach  of  them,  not  exceeding  the  sum  of  twenty  Pounds 
to  be  sued  for  and  recovered  by  said  Society  and  to  their 
own  use  in  any  Court  of  Record  in  this  State  proper  to 
trv^  the  same :  and  also  to  establish  the  time  and  manner 
of  convening  the  members  of  said  Society,  and  also  to  de- 
termine the  number  of  fellows  that  shall  be  present  to  con- 
stitute a  meeting  of  said  Society,  and  also  that  the  number 
of  said  Society,  who  are  Inhabitants  of  this  State,  shall 
not  any  time  be  more  than  seventy  nor  less  than  fifteen, 
and  that  their  meeting  shall  be  held  in  Concord  or  such 
other  place  within  this  State  as  a  majority  of  the  members 


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present,  in  a  legal  meeting,  shall  judge  most  fit  and  con- 
venient. 

And  whereas  it  is  clearly  of  importance  that  a  just  dis- 
crimination should  be  made  between  such  as  are  duly  edu- 
cated and  properly  qualified  for  the  duties  of  their  profes- 
sion, and  those  who  may  ignorantly  and  wickedly  admin- 
ister medicine  whereby  the  health  &  lives  of  many  valuable 
individuals  may  be  endangered,  or  perhaps  lost  to  the  Com- 
munity. 

Be  it  therefore  further  enacted  that  the  President  and 
fellows  of  said  Society,  or  such  of  their  Officers  or  Fel- 
lows as  they  may  appoint,  shall  have  full  power  and 
authority  to  examine  all  Candidates  for  the  practice  of 
Physic  and  Surgery  who  shall  offer  themselves  for  exami- 
nation respecting  their  skill  in  their  profession,  and  if  upon 
such  examination  the  said  Candidate  shall  be  found  skilled 
in  their  profession  and  fitted  for  the  practice  of  it,  they 
shall  receive  the  approbation  of  the  Society  in  letters  Testi- 
monial of  such  examination  under  the  Seal  of  said  Society, 
signed  by  the  President  or  such  other  person  or  persons 
as  shall  be  appointed  for  that  purpose. 

And  be  it  further  enacted,  that  if  the  said  President  and 
such  other  person  or  persons  so  elected  and  appointed  for 
the  purpose  of  examining  Candidates  as  aforesaid,  shall 
obstinately  and  unreasonably  refuse  to  examine  any  Candi- 
date so  offering  himself  for  examination  as  aforesaid,  such 
and  every  such  person  so  elected  and  appointed  as  afore- 
said, shall  be  subject  to  a  fine  not  exceeding  one  hundred 
pounds,  nor  less  than  twenty  pounds,  to  be  recovered  by 
the  said  Candidate,  and  to  his  own  use  in  any  Court  within 
this  State  proper  to  try  the  same. 

And  he  it  further  enacted,  that  it  shall  be  the  duty  of 
the  said  Medical  Society,  from  time  to  time,  to  describe 
and  point  out  such  a  medical  instruction  or  education  as 
they  shall  judge  requisite  for  Candidates  for  the  practice 
of  Physic  and  surgery  previous  to  their  examination  be- 
fore them,   or  their  officers  appointed   for  that  purpose 


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respecting  their  skill  in  their  profession,  and  shall  cause 
the  same  to  be  published  in  two  of  the  Newspapers  printed 
in  different  Counties  in  this  State.  And  every  Candidate 
examined  and  approved  by  the  President  and  Fellows  of 
said  Society,  or  such  of  their  Officers  or  Fellows  as  they 
shall  appoint,  shall  be  held  to  pay  such  reasonable  fees  of 
Office  as  shall  be  established  by  said  Society  for  the  exami- 
nation of  Candidates  and  letters  Testimonial  in  favour  of 
such  as  shall  be  approbated. 

And  the  Treasurer  of  said  Society  for  the  time  being 
shall  have  full  power  and  authority  to  sue  for  and  re- 
cover the  same  in  any  Court  proper  to  try  the  same. 

A7id  be  it  further  enacted,  that  the  Fellows  of  said 
Society  may  and  shall  forever  be  deemed  capable  in  law 
of  holding  and  taking  in  fee  simple,  or  any  less  estate,  by 
gift,  grant,  devise  or  otherwise,  any  lands,  tenements  or 
other  estate  real  or  personal,  provided  that  the  annual 
income  of  the  whole  real  Estate  that  may  be  given  granted 
or  devised  to,  or  purchased  by  the  said  Society,  shall  not 
exceed  the  sum  of  two  hundred  pounds,  and  the  annual 
income  or  Interest  of  said  personal  estate  shall  not  exceed 
the  sum  of  One  thousand  pounds  and  the  annual  income 
or  interest  of  the  said  real  and  personal  estate  together  with 
the  fines  and  penalties  paid  to  said  Society  or  recovered 
by  them  shall  be  appropriated  to  such  purposes  as  are  con- 
sistent with  the  end  and  design  of  the  institution  of  said 
Society  and  as  the  fellows  thereof  shall  determine. 

And  he  it  further  enacted  that  his  Excellency  Josiah 
Bartlett  Esquire  be,  and  he  hereby  is  authorized  and  di- 
rected to  fix  the  time  and  place  for  holding  the  first  meet- 
ing of  said  Medical  Society,  and  to  notify  the  Fellows 
thereof  accordingly. 

State  of  New  Hampshire 

In  the  House  of  Representatives  Feb''  11'*"  1791. 
The  foregoing  Bill  having  been  read  a  third  time,  passed 
to  be  enacted. 


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Sent  up  for  concurrence  Moses  Dow  Speaker 

In  Senate  Feb^  16*^  1791     This  bill  having  been  read  a 

third  time,  voted  that  the  same  be  enacted. 

^  Josiah  Bartlett  Pres* 

A  true  Copy 

Attest.     Joseph  Pearson  Sec^ 

State  of  Newhampshire 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Fellows  of  the  New  Hamp- 
shire Medical  Society  held  at  Lamson's  Hall  in 
Exeter  in  said  State  on  Wednesday  the  fourth 
Day  of  May  1791 
Present,   his   Excellency   Josiah   Bartlett,   Esq.,   Joshua 
Brackett,   Hall   Jackson,    Nath'    Peabody,    John    Eogers, 
Ebenezer  Rockwood,  William  Cogswell,    W™    Parker    J'", 
Benjamin  Page  and  Isaac  Thom,  Members. 

Voted  &  Elected  Hall  Jackson  Chairman,  who  took  the 
Chair  accordingly. 

Proceeded  to  the  Choice  of  a  President,  and  the  Ballots 
being  taken  &  counted,  it  appeared  his  Excellency  Josiah 
Bartlett  Eq'"  was  unanimously  elected  President. 

Proceeded  to  the  Choice  of  a  recording  Secretary,  and 
the  Ballots  being  taken  &  counted  it  appeared  that  Wil- 
liam Parker  J'"  was  unanimously  Chosen  to  that  Office. 

Attest  Joshua  Brackett 

Hall   Jackson 
Nath'   Peabody 
Eben''  Rockwood 
John  Rogers 
Benj°  Page 
Isaac  Thom 
William    Cogswell 

Rockingham  ss  at  Exeter  May  the  4*''  1791  the  above  named 
W™  Parker  J''  was  duly  sworn  to  Execute  the  duties  of 
his  office  as  recording  Secretary 

Coram  Nath'  Peabody,  Jus.  Pacis. 


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Proceeded  to  the  Choice  of  a  Vice  President,  the  Ballots 
taken  &  counted,  it  appeared  the  Hon'  Joshua  Brackett, 
Esq.  was  unanimously  Elected  Vice  President 

Proceeded  to  the  Choice  of  additional  members  of  this 
Society 

Voted  that  Levi  Bartlett,  be  Elected  a  Fellow 
John  Preston,  be  Elected  a  Fellow 
Thomas  Stow  Ranney,  be  Elected  a  Fellow 
Amos  Gale,  be  Elected  a  Fellow 
Thomas  Sargeant,  be  Elected  a  Fellow 
Thomas  Russel,  be  Elected  a  Fellow 
Nathaniel  Kidder,  be  Elected  a  Fellow 
Joseph  Tilton,  be  Elected  a  Fellow 
Peter  Green,  be  Elected  a  Fellow 
Phillip  Carrigain,  be  Elected  a  Fellow 
Jonathan  Gove,  be  Elected  a  Fellow 
Moses  Nichols,  be  Elected  a  Fellow 
James  Howe,  be   Elected  a  Fellow 

Voted  that  the  Secretary  be  directed  to  inform  the  mem- 
bers Elected  of  their  appointments 

Voted  that  thirteen  members  be  a  Quorum  at  the  next 
meeting  to  transact  Business 

Voted  that  a  Committee  be  appointed  to  form  a  System 
of  Laws  &  Regulations  for  the  Society  to  be  laid  before 
them  at  their  next  Meeting. 

Voted,  that  Joshua  Brackett,  Anuni  R.  Cutter,  Hall 
Jackson  and  John  Jackson  be  the  Committee,  and  that  the 
aforesaid  Committee  be  requested  to  Report  a  device  of 
a  Seal  for  the  Society 

Voted  that  this  meeting  be  adjourned  to  the  first  Thirs- 
day  in  June  next,  to  meet  at  Honeyfords  in  Concord 


Concord  Thursday  June  2^  1791 
The  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society  meet  according  to 
adjournment 


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Present 

his  Excellency  Josiah  Bartlett  Esq"",  William  Page, 
Ebenezer  Rockwoocl,  Phillip  Carrigain,  Kendal  Osgood, 
Thomas  Stow  Ranney,  Joseph  Tilton,  Amos  Gale,  Isaac 
Thom,  James  Howe,  Benjamin  Page,  Peter  Green,  Thomas 
Sargeant,  Levi  Bartlett.  John  Rogers,  Jonathan  Gove, 
Moses  Nichols  &  W"'  Parker  J'',  Members 

Voted  that  William  Page  be  appointed  Chairman  to  gov- 
ern this  meeting  in  absence  of  the  President 

Voted  that  this  meeting  be  adjourned  to  meet  at  this 
Place  at  five  o 'Clock  P.  M. 

Thursday  5  o  Clock  P.  M.  meet  according  to  adjourn- 
ment.   Present  as  before  noon  except  the  President 

Voted  that  this  meeting  be  adjourned  to  meet  at  this 
Place  tomorrow  at  7  oClock  A  M 

Friday  June  3<^  the  Society  meet  according  to  adjourn- 
ment 

Proceeded  to  the  Choice  of  additional  members  to  this 
Society 

Voted  that  Nathan  Smith  of  Cornish 
Calvin  Frink 

Thomas  Stearns,  be  Elected  Fellows  of  this 
Society 

Voted  that  Nath'  Peabody  &  Levi  Bartlett  be  added  to 
the  Conunittee  for  forming  Laws  and  Regulations  for 
this  Society. 

Voted  that  meeting  be  adjourned  to  the  third  Wednesday 
in  September  next,  to  meet  at  Lamson's  tavern  in  Exeter 
at  10  o'clock  A.  M. 


Exeter  Wednesday  21^'  Sepf  1791 
The  Newhampshire   Medical  Society  meet  according  to 

adjournment.     There  not  being  a  quorum  to  transact  busi- 

nes 

Voted  that  this  Meeting  be  adjourned  to  the  last  Tues- 


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day  in  November  next  to  meet  at  Greenleafs  Tavern  in 
Portsmouth  10  oCloek  A  M 


Portsmouth  Tuesday  Nov^  29**^  1791 

The  Society  meet  according  to  adjournment  and  ad- 
journed to  the  30'*"  Ins^  to  meet  at  this  place  10  oCloek  A  M 

November  the  30**^  meet  according  to  adjournment — 
Proceeded  to  examine  the  Laws  and  Eegulations  for  the 
Society  exhibited  by  the  Committee  —  and  ha\dng  agreed 
to  sundry  amendments 

Voted  to  pospone  the  further  consideration  of  the  Laws 
&c  to  the  next  annual  meeting  and  that  Sam'  Tenney  &  W"* 
Parker  be  a  Committee  to  prepare  them  as  altered  by  this 
Meeting  to  be  laid  before  the  Society  at  the  annual  meeting 

Voted  that  the  Secretary  give  publick  Notice  in  two  of 
the  Newhampshire  Newspapers  of  the  Time  &  Place  of 
holding  the  annual  meeting,  which  by  the  adoption  of  a 
certain  article  in  the  Laws  and  Eegulations  of  the  Society 
to  be  hereafter  inserted  is  to  be  on  the  Wednesday  following 
the  Greneral  Election  of  the  State  at  the  place  of  holding 
said  Election. 


Dover  13*^  June,  1792. 
At  the  Annual  Meeting  of  the  New  Hampshire  ^Medical 
Society,  twelve  members  present,  the  committee  appointed, 
at  the  last  meeting,  to  prepare  the  Laws  and  Eegulations 
of  the  Society  as  then  altered  and  amended,  presented  the 
system  to  the  President,  which  being  farther  altered,  in 
several  sections,  was  unanimously  adopted,  and  is  as  fol- 
lows— 


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LAWS  &  REGULATIONS 

of  the 
New  Hampshire  Medical  Society 


Chapter  1. 
Of  Officers  &  their  manner  of  Election. 


Section  1.  There  shall  be  a  President  —  a  Vice-Presi- 
dent —  five  Councellors  - —  a  Secretary-  —  a  Treasurer  — 
Six  Censors  and  a  Librarian,  who  shall  be  annually  chosen 
by  Ballot  on  the  Wednesday  following  the  General  Election 
of  the  State,  at  the  place  of  holding  said  Election,  &  by 
two  thirds  of  the  votes  of  the  Fellows  present,  whose  num- 
ber shall  be  at  hast  Eleven. 

Sect.  2.  In  order  to  this  election  the  President  shall  take 
the  chair  at  3  o 'Clock  P.  M.  &  after  the  choice  of  three 
Scrutineers  by  nomination,  the  Ballot  shall  commence  and 
continue  open  till  4  o 'Clock— The  scrutineers  shall  then 
sort  &  count  the  votes  &  report  the  same  to  the  chair ;  after 
which  the  presiding  Fellow  shall  declare  the  choice,  if  any 
there  be.  But  should  it  appear  that  a  choice  in  any  in- 
stance is  not  made,  the  balloting  shall  be  renewed  till  the 
election  be  completed. 

Sect.  3.  If  either  of  the  Censors  in  either  district,  the 
Secretary,  Treasurer  or  Librarian  should  die,  resign  or  be 
removed  during  the  year,  the  vacant  office  or  offices  may 
be  filled  up,  by  written  votes,  for  the  remaining  part  of  the 
year,  at  an  extraordinary  meeting  of  the  Society,  provided 
the  president  &  council  shall  judge  it  necessary  to  summon 
one  for  the  purpose ;  and  the  Society  reserve  to  themselves 
a  power  of  removing,  at  such  meeting,  any  of  their  officers 
for  neglect  of  their  trust  or  disobedience  of  orders. 


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Chapter  2'\ 
Of  the  President,  Vice  President  &  senior  Counsellor. 


Sect.  1.  The  President  shall  preside  in  all  meetings  of 
the  Medical  Society  &  Council  —  shall  regulate  the  debates 
—  state  &  put  questions  according  to  motions  regularly 
made  —  shall  call  for  reports  from  committees  &  others  — 
shall  preserve  decorum  —  summon  all  meetings  of  the 
council,  and  extraordinary  meetings  of  the  society  on  ur- 
gent occasions  —  He  shall  cause  the  common  seal  to  be 
affixed  to  all  diplomas,  letters  testimonial  &  to  all  other 
writings,  to  which  the  laws  of  the  Society  may  require  it 
to  be  affixed;  &  shall  execute,  or  see  to  the  execution  of  its 
laws  and  regulations,  and  shall  have  power  to  administer 
all  necessary  oaths. 

Sect.  2.  The  President  is  impowered  to  draw  on  the 
Treasurer  for  such  sums  of  money  as  the  Medical  Society 
shall  direct. 

Sect.  3.  The  powers  &  business  of  the  President  shall,  in 
case  of  his  absence,  devolve  upon  &  belong  unto  the  Vice- 
President,  &.  in  case  of  his  absence  also,  on  the  senior 
Counsellor  present. 


Chapter  3" 
Of  the  Council 

Sect.  1.  The  council  shall  from  time  to  time  originate 
such  laws,  orders  &  regulations  as  they  shall  judge  con- 
ducive to  the  well  being  &  good  government  of  the  So- 
ciety; all  which  shall  by  them  be  laid  before  the  Society 
at  their  next  meeting,  for  the  approbation  of  the  Fellows : 
and  shall  also  devise  such  measures,  and  prepare  such  other 
matters  as  they  may  judge  proper  to  be  pursued  by  the 
Society,  in  order  to  promote,  in  the  best  manner,  the  ends 


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of  its  institution  —  Nevertheless,  any  member  may  lay 
before  the  Society,  or  propose  such  laws,  as  he  may  think 
conducive  to   its  benefit. 

Sect.  2.  During  the  recesses  of  the  Society  the  Council 
shall  direct  the  Secretary  in  such  correspondence  as  they 
shall  find  expedient,  all  which  shall  be  laid  before  the 
Society  at  its  next  meeting;  &  the  Council  shall  judge  of, 
&  determine  upon,  the  propriety  of  printing  any  letters 
or  other  literary-  productions ;  &  may  re\ase  &,  if  necessary, 
correct  such  communications,  &  shall  also  order  such  papers 
&  letters  to  be  recorded  as  they  shall  judge  necessar5\ 

Sect.  3.  Every  deed  or  writing  (except  letters  testi- 
monial) to  which  the  common  seal  is  to  be  affixed,  shall 
be  passed  and  sealed  in  council,  signed  by  the  President 
and  attested  bv  the  Secretarv. 


Chapter  4^^^ 
Of  the  Secretary. 


Sect.  1.  The  Secretary  shall  have  charge  of  the  Charter, 
Statute-book  &  seal  of  the  Society,  and  of  all  letters  which 
shall  be  kept  on  file.  He  shall  (if  possible)  attend  all 
meetings  of  the  Society  &  council,  where,  the  presiding 
member  having  taken  the  chair,  he  shall  read  the  orders 
and  entries  of  the  last  preceeding  meeting,  and  shall  take 
notes  of  the  orders  &  transactions  of  the  present  meeting 
to  be  by  him  entered  in  the  books  to  which  they  respectively 
belong  —  and  shall  give  notice  of  any  candidates,  who  may 
stand  propounded  for  admission  into  the  Society.  The 
Secretary  shall  also  have  charge  of  the  letter-books  &  shall 
read  all  letters  communicated  to  the  Society  previously 
translated  into  English  if  written  in  any  other  language. 
He  shall,  under  the  direction  of  the  Society  or  Council, 
prepare  answers  &  draw  up  letters,  to  be  read  &  approved 


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of  in  some  meeting  of  either  respectively.  He  shall  enter 
all  letters  that  shall  be  directed  by  the  Society  or  Council, 
&  file  the  originals.  He  shall  also  affix  the  common  seal  to 
Diplomas,  Letters  testimonial,  &c,  persuant  to  the  laws  of 
the  Society;  all  which  afterwards  he  shall  attest. 

Sect.  2.  The  Secretary  shall  deliver  to  any  Fellow  of  the 
Society  an  attested  copy  of  any  paper  or  transaction  of 
the  Society,  the  President  or  Council  signifying  their  con- 
sent in  writing ;  or  to  any  other  person,  the  presiding  mem- 
ber &  Council  consenting  thereto ;  for  which  such  fees  may 
be  taken  as  the  Society  may  establish. 

Sect.  S""**  Provided  the  Secretary  be  not  present,  the 
meeting  may  appoint  a  Secretary  pro  Tempore,  to  be  duly 
qualified,  who  shall  discharge  the  various  parts  of  his  duty 
at  such  meeting,  &  deliver  the  minutes  of  the  proceedings 
to  the  Secretarv  of  the  Society  to  be  bv  him  recorded. 


Chapter  5"' 
Of  the  Treasurer. 


Sect.  1.  The  Treasurer  shall  give  sufficient  Security  for 
the  trust  reposed  in  him. 

Sect.  2.  The  Treasurer  shall  officially  receive  all  moneys 
due  or  payable,  and  all  bequests  or  donations,  that  may 
be  made  to  the  Society :  &,  with  the  advice  of  the  President 
&  Council,  shall  have  power  to  make  conclusive  bargains 
for  real  or  personal  estate  for  the  benefit  of  the  Society, 
&  to  rent  the  same :  &  to  give  orders  concerning  the  im- 
provement of  the  estate,  goods  &  lands  of  the  Society  pur- 
suant to  its  orders.  The  Treasurer  shall  pay  such  sums 
of  money  out  of  the  treasury  as  he  shall  have  orders  for, 
pursuant  to  the  directions  of  the  Society :  &  shall  make 
no  disbursements  otherwise :  and  shall  keep  a  particular 
account  of  such  orders,  receipts  &  payments. 


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Sect.  3.  The  Treasurer's  accounts  shall  be  annually 
audited  by  a  committee  &  laid  before  the  society,  in  which 
committee  not  more  than  one  member  of  Council  shall  be 
included.  The  accounts  when  adjusted  shall  be  lodged 
with  the  Secretary. 

Sect.  4.  In  case  of  the  death,  resignation  or  removal 
of  the  Treasurer,  the  Librarian  is  impowered  to  receive 
all  books,  papers  and  effects  that  were  in  the  custody  of 
the  Treasurer,  and  which  belong  to  the  society :  and  to 
give  receipts  and  discharges  for  the  same,  in  the  name  of 
the  Society  —  a  duplicate  of  which  signed  by  the  Libra- 
rian shall  be  lodged  with  the  Secretary.  The  same  process 
shall  be  observed  upon  the  choice  of  the  new  Treasurer  and 
his  acceptance  of  the  office. 


Chapter  6"^ 
Of  the  Censors 


Sect.  1.  To  remedy  the  inconvenience  that  may  arise 
from  the  great  extent  of  the  State,  and  to  encourage  a 
general  application  of  candidates  for  the  practice  of  physic 
and  surgery  for  examination  and  approbation,  the  State 
shall  be  divided  into  two  districts :  the  counties  of  Eock- 
ingham  &  Strafford  shall  constitute  one,  to  be  denominated 
the  Eastern  District,  &  the  other  three  counties  shall  con- 
stitute another,  to  be  denominated  the  Western  District, 
of  the  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society. 

Sect.  2"*^.  The  Society  shall  have  six  of  their  members 
for  Censors,  three  for  the  Eastern  &  three  for  the  Western 
District,  whose  business  it  shall  be  to  examine  such  candi- 
dates for  the  practice  of  physic  &  surgery  as  may  apply  for 
the  purpose. 

Sect.  3"'^.  Any  two  of  the  Censors  in  a  district  present 
at  a  meeting  shall  be  a  quorum  to  do  business. 


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Sect.  4"^.  The  Censors  shall  examine  the  candidates  in 
physiolog>%  in  pathology  &  in  therapeutics. 

Sect.  5"'.  The  Censors  shall,  previously  to  their  examin- 
ing a  candidate,  agree  among  themselves  (unanimously  if 
they  can)  upon  the  mode  of  examination  &  upon  the  ques- 
tions that  shall  be  asked  therein  —  and  shall  commit  the 
questions  to  writing:  the  answers  shall  also  be  committed 
to  writing,  either  by  the  Censors  or  Candidate. 

Sect.  6'^.  Whenever  the  Censors  refuse  to  approbate  a 
candidate  whom  they  have  examined,  they  shall  forthwith 
deposit  a  copy  of  the  questions  put  to  said  candidate  & 
of  the  answers  given  to  them. 

Sect.  1^^.  Said  copies  shall  not  be  inspected  by  any  per- 
son, without  leave  in  writing  from  the  President,  or  Vice- 
president  and  Council. 

Sect.  8'^.  When  any  candidate  shall  have  passed  the 
examination  of  the  Censors  &  shall  have  been  approved,  a 
certificate  thereof  shall  be  given  by  the  examining  Censors 
to  the  Secretary-  in  order  to  its  being  inserted  in  the  record 
of  the  Society. 

Sect.  9'^.  Letters  testimonial  of  the  approbation  of  the 
Censors  given  to  any  candidate,  in  consequence  of  their 
approbation,  shall  be  signed  by  at  least  two  of  the  Censors ; 
&  the  President  shall  subscribe  his  name,  &  cause  the  seal 
of  the  Society  to  be  affixed. 

Sect.  10'''.  The  following  certificate  of  approbation 
(mutatis  mutandis)  shall  be  given  to  any  approved  candi- 
date, at  his  request,  he  paying  the  fee  appointed,  viz. 

State  of       ] 

^        These  may  certify  that  we  the  Sub- 

Xew  Hampshire!     scribers,  Censors  of  the 

district  of  the  New  Hampshire  jMedical  Society,  have  exam- 
ined A.  B.  of  said  State,  a  candidate  for  the  practice  of 
physic  &  surgery,  respecting  his  skill  and  knowledge  there- 
in ;  &,  having  found  him  duly    qualified    therefor,    do,    In 


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testimony    of    our    approbation,    hereunto    subscribe    our 

names,  at this day  of Anno 

Domini  17.  . 

C.  D.l  Censors  of  the 
E.  F.  iNew  Hampshire 
G.  H.J  Medical  Society 

By  virtue  of  the  powers  in  me  vested  I  have  caused  the 
seal  of  the  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society  to  be  hereunto 

^^^^^-  J.  K.,  President  N.  H.  M.  S. 

f 1 

Attest.  L.  M.,  Sect>-. 

Sect,  ll*^  When  any  member  of  the  Society  duly  elected 
a  Censor  shall  refuse  to  accept  the  office  without  an  excuse 
sufficient  in  the  opinion  of  a  majority  of  the  members 
present,  he  shall  forfeit  &  pay,  for  the  use  of  the  Society, 
the  sum  of  three  Pounds. 

Sect.  12*^^.  If  any  Censor  shall  refuse  or  neglect  to  at- 
tend a  meeting  of  the  Censors,  without  an  excuse  sufficient 
in  the  opinion  of  the  Censors  attending  said  meeting,  he 
shall  forfeit  &  pay  the  sum  of  twenty  shillings  for  the 
use  of  the  Society. 


Chapter   7*'^ 
Of  the  Meetings  of  the  Society,  Council  &  Censors. 


Sect.  I'^K  There  shall  be  one  annual  meeting  of  the  So- 
ciety, as  such  others  as  the  president,  on  extraordinary 
occasions,  may  see  fit  by  the  advice  of  Council  to  summon ; 
&  one  of  the  Council,  some  time  previous  to  the  annual 
meeting  of  the  Society,  to  be  determined,  together  with  the 
place  of  meeting,  by  the  President.     The  Censors  in  each 

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district  shall  meet  twice  a  year:  viz.  in  the  Eastern  Dis- 
trict on  the  third  Thursday  in  July  and  the  First  Thurs- 
day in  February  —  in  the  Western  District,  on  the  first 
thursday  in  October  &  ]\Iarch. 

Sect.  2°'^.  Eleven  Fellows  Present  shall  be  necessary  to 
constitute  a  meeting  of  the  Society  for  the  purpose  of  elect- 
ing officers  &  fellows  —  three  of  the  Council  with  the  pre- 
siding member  shall  constitute  a  meeting  of  the  council  — 
&  two  Censors  shall  be  necessary  to  constitute  a  meeting  of 
the  Censors. 

Sect.  S"""^.  Besides  the  annual  meeting  of  the  Society 
there  shall  be  three  meetings  in  each  district  of  the  mem- 
bers residing  in  it,  and  such  other  members  of  the  Society 
as  may  choose  to  attend :  viz.  in  the  Eastern  district,  on  the 
third  Wednesday  in  July  &  the  first  Wednesday  in  Septem- 
ber &  February  —  in  the  Western  district,  on  the  third 
Wednesday  in  August  and  the  first  Wednesday  in  October 
&  March,  annually.  At  these  meetings  there  shall  be  a  free 
conference  upon  any  topic  included  within  the  design  of 
the  medical  institution;  &  more  especially  upon  any  epi- 
demical diseases  that  may  prevail  from  time  to  time,  &  the 
most  successful  method  of  treating  them  —  also  at  these 
meetings  difficult  &  uncommon  cases  may  be  stated,  and 
advice  given  if  requested  by  any  member;  and  any  matters 
discussed  at  said  meetings,  may  (-if  thought  advisable  by 
the  members  present)  be  laid  before  the  Society  at  its  next 
stated  meeting. 

Sect.  4**^.  At  all  meetings  of  the  Society  and  Council, 
the  presiding  member  shall  have  a  vote  in  common  with 
the  rest  of  the  members. 

Sect.  5'^^.  No  person,  who  is  not  a  member  of  the  So- 
ciety, shall  attend  any  meeting  but  by  a  vote  of  the  Fellows 
present. 

Sect.  6.  All  meetings  of  the  Society  &  Censors  shall  be 
advertised  in  some  one  Newspaper  in  each  district  fourteen 
days  previous  to  such  meeting  by  the  Secretary,  under  the 


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'direction    of    the    President  —  and    the    meetings    of    the 
Council  by  a  circular  billet,  from  the  same  authority. 


Chapter  8'^ 
Of  the  Election  of  Fellows. 


Sect.  1.  The  election  of  a  Fellow  shall  be  by  ballot  at 
any  general  meeting  of  the  Society.  And  every  candidate 
shall  first  be  proposed  &  recommended  by  one  or  more  of 
the  Fellows  to  the  Council;  his  name,  place  of  abode  &  ad- 
dition shall  be  deliver 'd  in,  signed  by  the  proposer;  &,  the 
Council  consenting  thereto,  it  shall  be  read  by  the  Secre- 
tary; a  fair  copy  thereof,  with  the  date  when  delivered  in 
shall  be  hung  up  in  the  room  where  the  Society  shall  hold 
their  next  general  meeting,  at  which  or  some  succeeding 
meeting  the  candidate  may  be  balloted  for;  &  if  two  thirds 
of  them  ballot  in  his  favor,  the  choice  shall  be  valid. 

Sect.  2°*^.  Each  of  the  present  Fellows  shall  pay  two 
Spanish-mill 'd  dollars  towards  defraying  the  expenses  of 
the  Society;  and  every  fellow  within  this  State  hereafter 
elected,  shall,  on  admission,  pay  the  like  sum;  &  both  shall 
be  subject  to  the  annual  payment  of  two  Spanish  milled 
dollars,  to  be  appropriated  to  the  use  of  the  Society. 


Chapter  9'^ 
Of  proceedings  on  literary  performances. 


The  Society  will  never  give  their  judgment  or  opinion 
upon   any   literary   performance   presented   to   them;    but 


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allow  it  to  rest  on  its  own  merits  and  the  Credit  of  the 
author.  Nevertheless,  observations  &  enquiries  may  be 
made  by  any  Fellow  tending  to  elucidate  the  subject  treated 
of  in  such  performance. 


Chapter  10t^     Of  Oaths. 


The  President,  Vice-president,  Counsellors,  Secretary, 
Treasurer,  Censors  &  Librarian  shall  each  take  the  follow- 
ing oath,  mutatis  mutandis,  viz. 

I  A.  B.  elected  to  the  office  of in  the  New  Hamp- 
shire Medical  Society,  do  swear  that  I  will,  according  to 
my  best  judgment  &  discretion,  faithfully  discharge  the 
duties  of  the  trust  reposed  in  me.     So  help  me  God. 


Chapter  11. 
Qualifications  of  Candidates. 


The  following  qualifications  shall  be  indispensably  neces- 
sary for  every  candidate  who  shall  offer  himself  for  exam- 
ination, viz 

Sect.  1^'.  He  shall  have  a  competent  knowledge  of  the 
English  &  Latin  languages. 

Sect.  2°<^.  He  shall  have  a  general  acquaintance  with  the 
principles  of  Geometry  &  Natural  Philosophy. 

Sect.  3'"''.  He  shall  have  studied  three  full  years  under 
the  direction,  and  attended  the  practice  of  some  reputable 
physician  or  physicians  —  or  two  years  if  he  shall  have 
received  a  degree  at  any  university  or  college :  during  which 


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time  he  shall  have  read  the  most  approved  authors  in 
Anatomy,  Physiology,  Chemistry,  Materia  Medica,  Surgery, 
&  the  theory  &  practice  of  Physic.  Of  all  which  qualifica- 
tions a  satisfactory  certificate  from  the  physician  or  phy- 
sicians, with  whom  he  hath  studied,  shall  be  produced  to 
the  Censors,  previously  to  his  being  admitted  to  examina- 
tion. 

The  Society  earnestly  recommend  a  university  education 
to  all  designed  for  the  medical  profession;  and  to  all  Stu- 
dents in  physic  an  attendance  on  medical  lectures  in  the 
various  branches  as  taught  in  universities. 

For  the  benefit  of  Medical  Students,  the  Society  recom- 
mend the  following  authors  in  the  various  branches  of  the 
Profession :  viz. 

Winslow  's  Anatomy,  Cheselden  's  &  Keil  's  ditto,  Douglass 
on  the  Muscles,  Monro  on  the  Nerves,  Monro's  Osteology, 
M.  Sabatier's  Anatomy  with  Albinus's  or  other  good  ana- 
tomical Tables,  Boerhaave's  Academical  Lectures,  Haller's 
Physiology,  CuUen's  Ditto,  Hewson  on  the  Blood  and 
Lymphatics,  Flemings  Lectures  on  physiology,  Sheldon's 
History  of  the  Absorbent  System,  Watson's  Chemical  Es- 
says, Fourcroy's  Chemistry,  IMacquers  Ditto,  Cullen's 
Treatise  on  the  Materia  Medica,  Lewis's  Materia  Medica, 
by  Aikin,  London  &  Edinburgh  Dispensatories,  last  edi- 
tions, Heister's  General  System  of  Surgery,  Pott's 
Chirurgical  Works,  Bell's  System  of  Surgery,  Smellie's 
Midwifery,  Hamilton's  Ditto,  VanSwietens  Commentaries 
on  Beerhaaves  Aphorisms,  Cullen's  first  Lines  of  the  Prac- 
tice of  Physic,  Duncan's  Ditto,  ]\IcBrides  Practice  of 
Physic  &  Experimental  Essays,  White  on  pregnant  Women 
&  Puerperal  Fever,  Whytt's  Works,  Sydenham's  Ditto, 
Cullen's  Synopsis  Nosologiae  Methoduse. 


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RULES  AND  ORDERS 

to  be  observed  in  the  meetings  of  the 
NEW   HAJMPSHIRE   MEDICAL   SOCIETY 


1.  The  President  shall  not  leave  the  chair  except  upon 
some  urgent  occasion,  nor  speak  to  any  question  without 
first  obtaining  leave. 

2.  No  member  shall  speak  in  any  debate  without  rising 
from  his  seat  and  addressing  himself  to  the  President. 

3.  No  member  having  spoken  once  in  any  debate,  shall 
speak  again  to  the  prevention  of  another,  who  has  not 
spoken  and  manifests  his  desire  to  speak. 

4.  Each  member,  as  soon  as  he  has  done  speaking,  shall 
sit  down. 

5.  No  member  shall  internipt  another  while  speaking, 
unless  it  be  to  call  to  order  or  to  correct  a  mistake. 

6.  No  member  shall  speak  to  any  matter  after  the  ques- 
tion is  put. 

7.  No  motion  shall  be  considered  unless  seconded. 

8.  No  member  shall  nominate  more  than  one  person  for 
one  &  the  same  committee,  provided  the  person  by  him 
first  nominated  be  chosen. 

9.  No  member  shall  be  obliged  to  be  on  more  than  two 
committees  at  the  same  time;  nor  chairman  of  more  than 
one. 

10.  No  vote  shall  be  reconsidered  by  a  less  number  than 
were  present  when  it  passed. 

11.  That  the  Fellows  of  this  Society  observe  a  profound 
secrecy  (out  of  the  Society)  respecting  all  future  nomina- 
tions. 


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Proceedings  of  the  Meeting  at  Dover  continued. 


After  the  adoption  of  the  foregoing  System  of  Laws, 
Regulations  &c.  the  Society  proceeded  to  the  choice  of  the 
officers  therein  specified,  &  the  ballot  being  closed,  and  the 
votes  sorted  &  counted,  it  appeared  that  the  following 
Fellows  were  elected  officers  for  the  current  year,  viz. 

His  Excellency  Josiah  Bartlett,  President- — 

Joshua  Brackett,  Vice  President — 

Ammi   R.   Cutter 

Xath'   Peabody 

Hall  Jackson  I  Counsellors 

Sam'  Tenney  & 

William  Page         J 

Sam'  Tenney,  Secretary 

William  Parker,  Jr.,  Treasurer 

Joshua  Brackett,  Librarian 

Ammi  R.   Cutterl    ^  ,.      ., 

-r  ,       -r    n  „        Censors  tor  the 

John  Jackson  &    >  ^^    ,        t-^-  .  •  . 
„  „   ^    ,  Lastern  District 

Hall  Jackson         I 

William  Page  1    ^  n      j.-, 

Censors  for  the 

_,  -w^-,         -,    I  Western  District 

Ebenezer  Rockwood    J 

Such  of  the  above  named  Fellows  as  were  present,  viz. 
His  Excellency  J.  Bartlett,  Messieurs  Brackett,  Cutter, 
Peabody,  H.  Jackson,  Tenney,  Page  &  Parker,  were  sworn 
to  the  faithful  performance  of  the  duties  of  the  offices  to 
which  they  were  respectively  appointed  —  &  Mess""^.  Stow 
Ranney  &  Tenney  became  responsible  for  the  Fidelity  of 
W.  Parker,  Jr.  as  Treasurer. 

Resolved.  That  each  district  society  be  authorized  to 
establish  such  regulations  &  to  appoint  such  officers  as  they 
may  think  necessary  for  their  own  good  government:  & 
that  it  be  recommended  to  them  to  elect  into  their  respec- 


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tive  societies,  from  time  to  time  by  ballot,  such  respectable 
practitioners  of  physic  &  surgery  within  their  district  as 
they  may  judge  proper  —  to  be  denominated  Associates 
of  the  Medical  Society,  who  shall  in  their  respective  meet- 
ings hold  and  exercise  all  the  powers  &  privileges  of  the 
Fellows  with  whom  they  are  associated. 

Provided  nevertheless,  That  the  associates  shall  never 
bear  a  greater  proportion  to  the  Fellows  than  as  two  of 
the  former  to  three  of  the  latter. 

Resolved  That  the  Secretaries  of  the  District  Societies 
shall  annually  transmit  to  the  Secretary  of  the  General 
Society  full  and  correct  copies  of  their  proceedings  at  their 
several  meetings,  to  be  laid  before  the  Society  at  their 
annual  meeting. 

Voted  That  Col  William  Page  be  authorized  to  call  the 
first  meeting  in  the  Western  District. 

At  this  meeting  D""  Joshua  Brackett  made  a  donation  to 
the  Society  of  his  Medical  Library;  consisting  of  one  hun- 
dred and  twenty  volumes,  reserving  to  himself  the  right 
of  retaining  them  in  his  hands  during  his  life  —  The  Cata- 
logue is  as  follows  — 

Anatomy  system  of  —  2  vol.  Armstrong  on  Health  — 
Balfour  on  Fevers  —  Bayfield  de  Anatomia  —  Bartholin! 
de  Anatomia  Rariorum  —  Bissett  's  ( ? )  Medical  Institutions 
— Cadogan  on  the  Gout  —  Ditto  on  Nursing  —  Cornaro 
on  Long  Life  —  Chamberlin  on  Midwivery  —  Chapman  on 
Ditto  —  Compend  of  the  Practice  of  Physic  —  Culpepper 's 
Medical  Dictionary  —  Considerations  on  Pestilences  — 
Cheyne  on  Health  —  Ditto 's  Natural  IMethod  of  Cure  — 
Ditto's  English  Malady  —  Ditto's  Philosophical  Principles 
—  Letters  to  Dr.  Cheyne  —  Currie  's  Account  of  Climates 
and  Deseases  of  the  United  States  —  Duncan 's  Medical 
Commentaries.  5  volumes  of  the  2""*  Decade  —  Ditto 's 
Medical  Cases  —  Ditto  on  Mercury-  —  Dale 's  Commen- 
taries on  Fevers. —  Fothergill's  Works,  2  vol. —  Fordyce's 
Elements  —  Ditto     on     Venerial     Diseases —  Fourcrov's 


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Chemistry,  2  vol.  Fuller's  Body  of  Medicine  —  Ditto 
Pharmacopeea  Extemporaniea  —  Faucharde  de  Dentiste  — 
Goulard  on  Lead  —  Galeni  Opera  in  Hippocratem  —  Gib- 
son's  Anatomy  —  Glauber's  Works  —  Home 's  Principia 
MedieinjB  —  Ditto's  Medical  Facts  —  Heister's  Surgery  — 
Huaham  (?)  on  Fevers  —  Ditto's  Medical  Cases  —  Ham- 
ilton on  Midwivery  —  Harle's  State  Physick  —  Ham's  de 
Morbis  A  (?)  —  James 's  Dispensatory  —  Johnston 's  Mid- 
wivia  Practica  —  Kirkland's  Medical  Surgery,  2  vol. — 
Keil's  Anatomy  —  London  Medical  Observations,  6  vol. — 
Lake's  Lecture  on  Midwivery  —  LeClerk's  Anatomy  — 
Linaeri  Opera  Galeni  de  Sanitate  —  Medical  Transactions, 

3  vol.  McKenzie  on  Health  —  Maclurge  on  human  Bile  — 
McBride  's  Essays  —  Mynor  's  History  of  Trepanning  — 
Morgan 's  Introductory  Discourse  —  Percival  's  Essays  — 
Paxton  on  Diseases  —  Pott  on  Hydrocele  —  Pitcairn  's  Art 
of  Physick  —  Palsin  's  Anatomy  —  Parey  's  Works  —  Rob- 
inson on  Consumptions  —  Radcliff's  Practical  Dispensa- 
tory—  Rush's  Medical  Enquiries  —  Quincys  Dispensatory 

—  Ditto's  Medical  Dictionary  —  Tipot  on  Health  —  Theory 
of  Fevers  —  The  Temperate  Man  —  Salmon 's  Dispensatory 

—  Sydenham 's  Works  —  Sharp 's  Surgery  —  Shebbear  's 
Practice  of  Physick,  2  vol. —  Vansweeten  's  Commentaries, 

4  vol. —  Wiseman's  Surgery,  2  vol. —  Wainwright's  Non- 
naturals  Weekly  Memorials  —  Wethering  of  Fox  Glove  • — 
Whytt  on  the  Nerves  —  Ditto  on  Lime  Water  —  Brook 's 
Introduction — Marriott's  Practice  of  Physick  —  Cullen's 
Institutions  of  Medicine  —  Bell  on  Ulcers  —  Ditto's  Sur- 
gery, 4  vol. 

Voted  —  That  the  thanks  of  the  Society  be  presented  to 
D""  Joshua  Brackett  for  his  generous  donation  of  Books 
for  their  use. 

Voted  —  That  any  Fellow  of  the  Society  may  take  out 
of  the  Library  such  books  as  he  shall  choose,  complying 
with  such  rules  as  may  be  established. 


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Voted  —  That  the  Librarian  be  requested  and  impow- 
ered  to  frame  a  set  of  rules  to  be  observed  by  the  Fellows 
of  the  Society  who  may  take  books  from  the  Library. 

Voted  —  That  the  Secretary  make  out  a  correct  transcript 
of  the  Laws,  Eegulations  &  Rules  of  the  Society,  and  of 
such  of  their  proceedings  as  ought  to  be  publickly  known, 
&  procure  an  impression  of  one  hundred  copies  of  them; 
for  the  use,  and  at  the  expence  of  the  Society. 

Voted  —  That  the  Secretary  procure  an  elegant  engrav- 
ing of  the  Devise  of  a  Seal  for  the  Society  reported  to  this 
meeting  by  the  committee  appointed  for  the  purpose; 
which  Devise  is  as  follows  — 

[Not  given  in  record.] 

Concord  13^^^  June  1793 
At  the  Annual  Meeting  of  the  Newhampshire  Medical 
Society  not  being  a  Quorum  to  enter  upon  Business  ad- 
journed to  meet  at  this  place  at  10  °Clock  tomorrow. 


Concord  June  14'»>  1793 
Met  according  to  adjournment 
Present 
President  Bartlett,  Messieurs  Peabody  Gale,  Stow  Ran- 
ney,  Thom,  Gove,  Green,  How.,  Carrigain  &  L.  Bartlett.  not 
being  a  Quorum  Adjourned  to  meet  at  this  place  Wednes- 
day the  19'*^  of  June  1793  at  10  °Clock  A  M 


Concord  19'*^  June  1793 
]Met  according  to  adjournment  twelve  Members  present. 
The  Secretary  being  absent  Levi  Bartlett  was  appointed 
Secretary  P.  T. 

Voted  to  proceed  to  the  Election  of  Officers  for  the  cur- 
rent year  agreeable  to  the  Laws  of  the  Society  upon  the 
Ballot  being  closed  &  the  Votes  sorted  it  appeared  that  the 
following  Fellows  were  elected  viz 


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Hon^'^  Joshua  Braekett  President 

Nath^  Peabody  Vice  President 

Ammi  R.  Cutter  1 

William  Page  I 

Isaac  Thom  I  Couucellors 

Sam>  Tenney  &      I 

Amos  Gale  J 

Levi  Bartlett  Recording  Secretary 

Sam^  Tenney  Corresponding  Secretary 

Tho^  Stow  Ranney  Treasurer 

Joshua  Braekett  Librarian 

Hall  Jackson  ^   ^,  x-      ^i      t^    . 

.^^.„      ^  „  n        Censors  lor  the  Eastern 

Will-"   Cogswell  &    I  T^•  ^  •  ^ 

^     .  -^      r  District 

Levi  Bartlett  J 

„      ^  ,,    ^  Censors  for  the  Western 

Kendall  Osgood  &  y  -rx-  j.  •  x 

-r  T      -r^  I  District 

John  Rogers  J 

Such  of  the  above  named  Fellows  as  were  present  viz 
Messieurs  Peabody,  Page,  Thom,  Gale,  L.  Bartlett,  Stow 
Ranney,  Gove  &  Osgood  were  sworn  to  the  faithfull  dis- 
charge of  the  duties  of  the  Office  to  which  they  were  respec- 
tively elected.  The  Society  proceeded  to  ballot  for  the  ad- 
mission of  Fellows  who  were  nominated  agreable  to  their 
Rules,  when  John  Bond  of  Hampstead  &  Jacob  Kittredge 
of  Dover  were  elected,  and  Tho^  Kittredge  of  Andover  in 
the  Commonwealth  of  Massachusetts  was  appointed  an 
honorary-  Member  of  the  Society. 

Voted  That  when  a  Fellow  or  an  honorary  Member  is 
elected  the  Secretary  shall  notify  him  or  them  of  their  ap- 
pointment &  enclose  the  Laws  of  the  Society. 

Voted  that  the  following  Resolve  be  presented  to  his 
Excellency  Governor  Bartlett  viz 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Newhampshire  Medical  Society  held 
by  adjournment  at  Concord  on  the  19th  of  June  1793  His 
Excellency  Governor  Bartlett  having  signified  to  this  So- 


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ciety  that  the  discharge  of  the  Arduous  &  important  duties 
of  his  Office  as  first  Magistrate  of  the  State  with  various 
other  Concerns  must  necessarily  engross  his  whole  atten- 
tion ;  &  that  notwithstanding  he  should  ever  aim  to  promote 
the  true  intrest  of  the  Society,  yet  it  would  be  inconvenient 
for  him  any  longer  to  hold  the  office  of  President 

Wherefore  Eesolved  unanimously  that  the  united 
Thanks  of  the  Fellows  be  given  to  his  Excellency  Governor 
Bartlett  for  his  ver>^  polite  &  friendly  attention  &  Patron- 
age in  forming  &  supporting  the  JMedical  Society  —  that 
they  very  much  regret  his  declining  to  accept  the  Office  of 
President  —  and  request  his  advice  patronage  &  attendance 
at  the  Meetings  whenever  he  can  make  it  convenient. 

Signed     Xath'  Peabody  Vice  President 
of  the  Medical  Society 

Attest  Levi  Bartlett 
Recording  Sec-' 

Voted  that  D''  Page  D""  Osgood  &  D""  Carrigain  be  a  Com- 
mittee to  present  the  above  Resolve  to  his  Excellency  Gov- 
ernor Bartlett 

To  which  his  Excellency  returned  the  following  Answer 
Gentlemen  of  the  Newhampshire  Medical  Society 
The  unexpected  Resolve  of  thanks  presented  me  by  your 
Committee,  for  the  small  service  I  have  been  able  to  afford 
the  Medical  Society,  I  consider  as  an  instance  of  the  polite 
attention  and  regard  they  mean  to  pay  to  such  persons  as 
may  in  any  manner  endeavor  to  promote  the  Public  hap- 
piness. 

I  have  long  wished  that  the  practice  of  ]\Iedicine  in  this 
State  (upon  which  the  lives  and  healths  of  our  fellow  Citi- 
zens depends)  might  be  put  under  better  regulations  than 
it  has  been  in  times  past  and  have  reason  to  hope  that  the 
incorporation  of  the  Newhampshire  ^Medical  Sociaty  (if 
properly  attended  to  by  the  Fellows)  will  produce  effects 
greatly    beneficial    to    the    Community    by    encouraging 


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Genius  &  learning  in  the  Medical  Science  and  discouraging 
Ignorant  &  bold  pretenders  from  practizing  an  art  of  which 
they  have  no  knowledge. 

That  the  j\Iembers  of  the  Society  niaj^  be  useful  to  them- 
selves &  the  Public  and  enjoy  the  exalted  pleasure  &  satis- 
faction that  arise  from  a  consciousness  that  they  have  con- 
tributed to  the  health  &  happiness,  not  only  of  their  re- 
spective Patients,  but  by  communicating  to  others  the 
Ivnowledge  &  cure  of  diseases  to  the  general  happiness  of 
the  human  race,  is  the  ardent  wish  of  Gentlemen  your  very 
humble  Servant 

Signed     Josiah  Bartlett 

Concord  June  IT^  1793 

Voted  That  that  Clause  in  Chapter  first  section  first  of 
the  Laws  of  the  Society  respecting  the  holding  the  Annual 
meeting  of  the  Society  be  so  far  suspended  as  that  the  next 
annual  meeting  be  held  at  the  house  of  Benj""  Lamson  inn- 
holder  in  Exeter  on  the  third  Wednesday  of  May  next  at 
10  "Clock  A  M. 

Voted  That  each  &  every  Candidate  for  the  practice  of 
Physic,  who  shall  be  examined  by  the  Censors  of  this  So- 
ciety, shall,  upon  receiving  letters  Testimonial,  pay  five 
Spanish  Mill'd  Dollars  to  the  Censors,  to  be  accounted  for 
by  them  to  the  Treasurer. 

Voted  That  a  majority  of  the  Counsel  be  a  Committee 
to  Audit  &  settle  the  Treasurer's  Accounts  up  to  the  year 
1793 

Voted  that  the  expences  of  this  meeting  at  Hannifords 
be  defrayed  by  the  Treasurer  out  of  the  Treasury 

Voted  That  the  Secretary  shall  publish  the  doings  of 
this  Meeting  in  the  Newhampshire  Gazzette 

Extract  from  the  Minutes 

Attest    L.  Bartlett   Sec" 

The  following  Certificate  was  given  by  the  Censors 
Agreeably  to  Chap  6*"  Sect  8'*^  of  the  Laws  Viz 


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State  of  New-) 

Hampshire  C  This  may  Certify  that  we  the  subscrib- 
ers CENSORS  of  the  Eastern  District  of  the  Newhampshire 
Medical  Society  have  examined  M""  JOSHUA  GEE 
SY]\Ii\rES  of  Newbury  in  the  Commonwealth  of  Massachu- 
setts a  Candidate  for  the  practice  of  Physic  &  Surgery 
respecting  his  skill  &  knowledge  therein  &  having  found 
him  duly  qualified  therefor  do  in  Testimony  of  our  appro- 
bation hereunto  subscribe  our  names 

Portsmouth  the  18''^  Feb^  1794 

Signed    Hall  Jackson )  Censors  of  the  Eastern  district 

Levi  BartlettCof  the  Newhampshire  Med.  Society 

The  following  Certificate  was  given  by  the  Censors 
agreably  to  Sect  6^^  Chap  8""  of  the  Laws  of  the  Society. 
—Viz 

State  of  New-  )  These  may  certify  that  we  the  Subscribers 
Hampshire  J  CENSORS  of  the  Western  District  of  the 
Newhampshire  ]\Iedical  Society  have  examined  Richard 
Hazeltine  of  said  State,  a  Candidate  for  the  practise  of 
Physic  &  Surgery  respecting  his  Skill  &  Knowledge  therein 
&  having  found  him  duly  qualified  therefor  do  in  testi- 
mony of  our  Approbation  hereunto  subscribe  our  Names 
at  Hopkinton  this  sixth  day  of  March  A  D  1794 

Signed     Jonathan  Gove     1  Censors  of  the  N.  H 
Kendall  Osgood     t  Medical  Society 

Exeter  May  21^'  1794 
At  the  Annual  Meeting  of  the  Newhampshire  Medical 
Society.     Eleven  Fellows  present.     Voted  That  Sam'  Ten- 
nej^  be  allowed  twelve  shillings  for  his  trouble  in  Transcrib- 
ing &  procuring  the  Laws  of  the  Society  to  be  printed 

As  the  Fee  to  be  given  by  Candidates  for  their  letters 
Testimonial  appears  to  be  inadequate  to  the  Expences 
thereof 

Voted     That  each  &  every  Candidate  shall  pay  to  the 


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Censors  six  in  lieu  of  five  Dollars  for  such  letters  Testi- 
monial 

And  that  there  shall  be  but  Three  in  lieu  of  six  Censors 
for  the  present  year  any  Law  or  usage  to  the  contrary  not- 
withstanding 

Voted  That  Messieurs  Gale,  Tilton  &  Tenney  be  a 
Committee  to  Audit  &  settle  the  old  Treasurers  accounts 

Voted  To  proceed  to  the  Election  of  Officers  for  the 
current  year.  Mess""^  Osgood,  Stow  &  Kittredge  were  chosen 
Scrutineers.  Upon  the  Ballot  being  closed  &  the  Votes 
sorted  &  counted  it  appeared  that  the  following  Fellows 
were  Elected  viz 

jjQj^bie  Joshua  Brackett  President 

Nath'  Peabody  Vice  President 

John  Jackson  1 

Hall  Jackson     I 

Isaac  Thorn        ^Counsellors 

Amos  Gale  &     I 

Sam'  Tenney     J 

Levi  Bartlett   Recording  Secretary 

Samuel  Tenney    Corresponding  Secretary 

Tho^  Stow  Ranney  Treasurer 

Joshua  Brackett   Librarian 

Hall  Jackson        ] 

Ammi  R.  Cutter    iCensors 

John  Jackson        I 

Such  of  the  abovenamed  Fellows  as  were  present  Viz 
Mess""®  Brackett.  John  Jackson,  Gale,  Bartlett  &  Stow  were 
sworn  to  the  faithfull  discharge  of  the  duties  incumbent  on 
the  Offices  to  which  they  were  respectively  elected  —  & 
Mess"  Parker  &  Bartlett  became  responsable  for  the  Fidel- 
ity of  Tho^  Stow  Ranney  as  Treasurer  The  Society  pro- 
ceeded to  Ballot  for  the  admission  of  Fellows  who  were  on 
Nomination  agreable  to  their  Laws,  when  Joseph  Bartlett 
of  Salisbury  &  Benj^  Jones  of  Lyndesboro  were  Elected 


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and  Oliver  Prescot  of  Groton  in  the  Commonwealth  of 
Massachusetts  was  appointed  an  Honorary  Member  of  the 
Society' 

At  the  request  of  the  Fellows  of  Hillsborough  Coimty  to 
be  annexed  to  the  Eastern  District  of  the  Medical  Society 

Resolved  That  the  County  of  Hillsborough  be  and  hereby 
are  annexed  to  the  Eastern  District  of  the  Newhampshire 
Medical  Society ;  any  Law,  custom  or  usage  to  the  contrary 
notwithstanding. 

Resolved  That  the  Corresponding  Secretary  shall  get 
the  Seal  for  this  Society  engraved  on  silver  of  three  ounces 
weight,  it  is  can  be  done  in  Boston  for  six  pounds  L  M, 
but  if  it  cannot  be  engraved  in  Boston  for  that  price,  to 
procure  it  in  Europe  on  Silver  of  that  weight. 

Voted  That  no  Person  for  the  future  shall  be  capable 
of  being  Elected  a  Fellow  of  this  Society  who  has  not  been 
an  Associate  of  one  of  the  District  Societies. 

Voted  In  Chap  6'^^  Sect  6"'  to  erase  the  words  "and 
Censors";  and  in  the  form  of  the  certificate  Chap  6*^  Sect 
10'''  to  erase  the  words  "said  State" 

Voted  That  all  meetings  of  the  Censors  shall  be  adver- 
tised by  the  Censors  in  some  one  of  the  most  public  News- 
paper in  each  district  four  weeks  previous  to  such  meeting 

Voted  That  the  Secretary  be  directed  to  write  to  each 
Fellow  who  has  not  attended  any  meeting  of  the  Society 
or  District  &  request  of  them  to  signify  their  acceptance 
or  resignation  of  their  Fellowship 

At  this  meeting  President  Brackett  made  a  further  dona- 
tion to  the  Society  of  the  following  IMedical  Books  Viz 

Medical  Facts  for  1791  &  92  2  vol— Edinburgh  Medical 
Commentaries  for  1791  —  New  Dispensatory  Woodwill's 
Medical  Botany  2  Vol  4'°  — Brown's  Elements  2  Vol. 
Vaughan's  Anatomy,  2  Vol.  Ferrier's  Medical  Essay 
Leakie  on  the  Viscera  Haynan  on  the  Scurvy 

Voted  That  the  Thanks  of  this  Society  be  presented  to 
President  Brackett  for  his  liberal  donation  of  Books 


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Voted  That  the  Secretary  be  directed  to  notify  the  Fel- 
lows of  their  Election :  and  to  publish  the  doings  of  this 
meeting  in  the  Newhampshire  Gazzette 

Voted  That  the  Treasurer  pay  the  expenses  of  this 
meeting  out  of  the  Treasury 

Voted  That  the  next  Annual  Meeting  of  this  Society 
be  held  at  this  House  on  the  2°"^  Wednesday  of  May  next 
at  10  °Clock  A  M 

Exeter  May  IS''^  1795 

The  Society  met  agreable  to  the  Laws  but  there  not  being 
a  Quorum  to  transact  Business,  the  Meeting  was  adjourned 
by  the  President  to  the  18'*^  day  of  May  at  10  "Clock  A  M 
at  the  House  of  Benj^  Lamson  in  Exeter 

Exeter  May  18'^  1796 
The  Newhampshire  Medical  Society  met  agreable  to  the 
adjournment;  there  not  being  a  Quorimi,  it  was  adjourned 
by  the  President,  to  meet  the  house  of  Benj^  Lamson  in 
Exeter  on  Wednesday  the  10'*'  day  of  May  next  at  10 
"Clock  in  the  forenoon 

Exeter  May  the  lO'*^  1797 
This  day  the  Newhampshire  Medical  Society  assembled 
at  the  time  &  place  appointed  IX  not  making  a  Quorum 
b}^  Law:  was  adjourned  by  President  Brackett  to  meet  at 
the  house  of  Benj^  Lamson  in  Exeter  on  Wednesday  the 
16"^  day  of  May  next  at  10  °Clk  A  M 

Exeter  May  16'*^  1798 
The  Medical  Society  met  agreable  to  the  appointment, 
not  being  a  Quorum;  the  President  adjourned  it;  to  meet 
on  the  first  Wednesday   of  September  next,    10  °Clk  A  M 
at  the  House  of  John  S.  Dearborn  in  Chester 

Chester  Sept  5'"'  1798 
The  Society  met  according  to  adjournment  viz  Present 
Mess""^  Stow  Ranney,  Thom,  Green,  Sargent,  Carragain  & 
L.  Bartlett 


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Voted  That  the  Senior  Councillor  Preside  at  this  meet- 
ing ;  the  President  and  Vice  Presid  being  absent  accordingly 
Doct  Thorn  took  the  Chair 

Resolved  That  the  Secretary  shall  Officially  inform  the 
President  of  the  proceedings  of  this  meeting  &  request  him 
to  notify  the  next  meeting  as  usual  and  that  the  Secretary 
write  circular  Letters  to  all  the  Fellows  to  inform  them  of 
the  time  &  place  of  the  next  meeting 

Voted  That  the  next  Annual  Meeting  be  held  at  the 
House  of  John  S  Dearborn  in  Chester  the  third  Wednes- 
day of  May  1799  at  10  °Clk  A  M 

Extract  from  the  Minutes 

Attest     L  Bartlett  Sec^ 


The  following  Certificates  was  given  by  the  Censors 
agreable  to  Chapter  6'^  Sect  8'^  of  the  Laws  of  the  Society 
Viz 

State  of  Newhamp-^ 

shire  C  These  may  Certify  that  we  the  Sub- 

scribers, Censors  of  the  Eastern  District  of  the  Newhamp- 
shire  Medical  Society  have  examined  Jedediah  Ingalls  of 
said  State  a  Candidate  for  the  practice  of  Physic  &  Sur- 
gery, respecting  his  skill  and  knowledge  therein,  and  having 
found  him  duly  qualified  therefor,  do  in  testimony  of  our 
approbation  hereunto  subscribe  our  names  at  Portsmouth 
this  fifth  day  of  May     Anno  Domini  1797 

Signed         Hall  Jackson^   Censors  of  the 
A  R  Cutter   [.  N  H  Medical 
Jn°  Jackson   J   Society 

State  of  New-  J 

Hampshire  ^  These  may  Certify  that  we  the  Subscribers 
CENSORS  of  the  Newhampshire  MEDICAL  SOCIETY 
have  examined  Jonathan  Sibley  of  said  State,  a  Candidate 
for  the  practice  of  Physic  &  Surgery,  respecting  his  skill 


Records  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society  35 

&  knowledge  therein  and  having  found  him  duly  qualified 
therefor  DO  in  testimony  of  our  approbation  hereunto 
subscribe  our  Names  at  Portsmouth  this  ninth  day  of  Jan- 
uary Anno  Domini  1799 

Signed     A  R  Cutter  )   Censors  of  the 

Jn°  Jackson   f  N  H  Medical  Society 

State  of  New-) 

hampshire  (  These  may  certify  that  we  the  Subscribers, 
Censors  of  the  Newhampshire  Medical  Society,  have  ex- 
amined JABEZ  DOW  of  said  State,  a  candidate  for  the 
Practice  of  Physic  and  Surgery,  respecting  his  Skill  and 
knowledge  therein,  and  having  found  him  duly  qualified 
therefor  do  in  testimony  of  our  approbation  hereunto 
subscribe  our  names  at  Portsmouth  this  15th  day  of 
January  1799 

Signed  A.  R.  Cutter    1    Censors  of  the 

|.  N  H  Medical 
Jn°  Jackson       J    Society 

State  of  Newhamp- ) 

shire  C     These  may  certify  that  we  the  Sub- 

scribers, Censors  of  the  Newhampshire  Medical  Society, 
have  examined  JOSHUA  BRACKETT  Jun^  of  said  State, 
a  Candidate  for  the  Practice  of  Physic  &  Surgery,  respect- 
ing his  skill  &  knowledge  therein,  and  having  found  him 
duly  qualified  therfor,  do  in  testimony  of  our  approba- 
tion hereunto  subscribe  our  names  at  Kingston  this  25th 
day  of  December  A  D  1800 

L.  Bartlett  ]  Censors  of  the 

[  N  H  Medical 

Josiah  Bartlett  J  Society 

State  of  Newhamp-] 

shire  C     These  may  certify  that  we  the  Sub- 

scribers, Censors  of  the  Newhampshire  Medical  Society, 
have  examined  Samuel  Morril  of  said  State,  a  Candidate 
for  the  Practice  of  Physic  &  Surgery,  respecting  his  skill 


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&  knowledge  therein  &  having  found  him  duly  qualified 
therefor  do  in  Testimony  of  our  approbation  hereunto  sub- 
scribe our  Names  at  Portsmouth  this  15""  ^'^^  "'  July  A  D 
1801 

Signed    Jon"  Jackson       |  Censors  of  the  N  H 
Josiah  Bartlett  (Medical  Society 


Chester  loth  of  May  1799 
This  day  the  SOCIETY  met  agreable  to  the  adjourn- 
ment —  the  President  &  Vice  President  being  absent  Doctor 
Isaac  Thom  (the  first  Councillor  on  the  list  Present)  took 
the  Chair  when 

Voted  That  the  Society  proceed  to  Ballot  for  the  ad- 
mission of  Candidates  who  were  on  Nomination  agreeable 
to  the  Rules ;  when  Doctor  Josiah  Bartlett  Esq.  of  Stratham 
was  unanimously  Elected 

Voted  to  Proceed  to  the  Election  of  Officers  for  the  Cur- 
rent Year.  Mess"  Sargent,  Gale  &  L  Bartlett  were  chosen 
Scrutineers  Upon  the  Ballots  being  closed  the  Votes 
counted  &  sorted  &  returned  to  the  Chair  by  the  Scruti- 
neers the  following  Fellows  were  unanimously  Elected    Viz 

The  Hon*"^  Ammi  R.  Cutter    President 
Isaac  Thom    Vice  President 
Doctors  Samuel  Tenney       1 

John  Jackson 

Amos  Gale  I  Councillors 

Tho^  S.  Ranney       | 

Tho^  Sargent  J 

Doctor  Levi  Bartlett    Secretary 
Doctor  Tho^  Stow  Ranney    Treasurer 
Hon  Joshua  Brackett    Librarian 
Doctors  Tho^  S.  Ranney      ] 

Levi  Bartlett  |>Censors 

Josiah  Bartlett         I 


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Docf^  Thorn  S  Raimey  Gale  Sargent  &  L.  Bartlett 
were  sworn  to  their  Respective  Offices  and  Mess^  Bartlett 
&  Gale  became  Sureties  for  the  Treasurer 

Doctors  Carragain  Green  &  Sargent  are  chosen  a  Com- 
mittee to  Audit  the  Treasurer's  Accounts 

Read  a  Letter  from  Doctor  Eben""  Rockwood  signifying 
his  desire  of  Resigning  his  Fellowship  in  the  Society 

Voted  That  the  Resignation  of  Docf  Eben'"  Rockwood 
be  accepted  upon  his  paying  the  Assesments  to  the  time  of 
Resignation 

Read  a  Letter  from  Doctor  Kendal  Osgood  wishing  to 
withdraw  his  Fellowship  from  the  Society 

Voted  That  the  Resignation  of  Doct  Kendal  Osgood 
be  accepted  upon  his  paying  the  Assesments  to  the  time  of 
his  Resignation 

Read  a  Letter  from  the  Hon.  Joshua  Brackett  presenting 
the  Society  with  an  addition  of  the  following  books  viz 

Dickenson's  Inquiry  on  the  Cause  &  Nature  of  Fevers 

Currie  on  the  Yellow  Fever 

Medical  Facts  to  1797    5  Volumes 

Duncan's  Medical  Comentaries    4  Volumes 

Voted  That  the  Secretary  shall  notify  the  Fellows 
Elected  into  the  Society  and  also  the  Officers  chosen  for  the 
present  year  of  their  Election 

Voted  That  a  majority  of  the  Fellows  present  at  the 
next  meeting  shall  be  a  quorum  to  transact  Business 

Voted  That  the  next  Annual  Meeting  shall  be  held  on 
the  fourth  instead  of  the  third  Wednesday  of  May  next  & 
at  the  House  of  Benj^  Lamson  in  Exeter  at  10  °Clk  A  M 

Several  proposals  from  the  Councill  relative  to  the  Laws 
of  the  Society  were  read 

Ordered    That  they  lay  over  'till  the  next  Meeting 

Several  communications  were  received,  and 

Ordered,  to  lay  over  to  be  read  at  the  next  Meeting. 

A  Letter  from  Doctor  Brackett  President  of  the  Society 
was  read,  acknowledging  the  honor  done  in  conferring  the 


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Presidency  on  him  for  Five  years  past,  stating  as  his  Health 
is  much  declining  he  is  unable  to  attend  the  duties  of  the 
Office  for  the  future;  therefore  declines  being  considered 
as  a  Candidate  for  the  Presidency. 

Resolved  Unanimously  that  the  United  THANKS  of  the 
Fellows  of  this  Society  be  presented  to  the  Hon^'^  Joshua 
Brackett  for  his  diligent  attention  &  Friendly  services 
afforded  to  the  Society ;  for  his  liberal  Donations  from  time 
to  time  in  forming  &  increasing  a  Medical  Library:  that 
the  Society  sincerely  regret  that  his  declining  health  is  such 
that  it  should  prevent  his  superintending  the  Business  of 
the  Society,  but  still  request  the  favor  of  his  attendance  & 
assistance  at  the  Meetings  whenever  his  health  wiU  admit 
Signed  IVice  President 


Attest 

L  Bartlett    Sec^ 


of  the 

Isaac  Thorn  i  Newhampshire 
Medical  Society 


Voted  That  the  Secretary  do  present  the  above  Resolve 
to  the  Hon^'^  Joshua  Brackett 

Voted  That  this  meeting  adjourn  to  meet  at  the  House 
of  Benj^  Lamson  in  Exeter  on  the  4"*  Wednesday  of  ]May 
A  D  1800  at  10  °Clk  A  I\r 

Adjourned 
Extract  from  the  Minutes 

Attest    L  Bartlett  Sec^ 


Exeter  May  23t'>  1800 
The  Society  met  this  day  agreable  to  Law  the  President 
took  the  Chair,  when  the  Society  Proceed  to  the  choice  of 
Members  on  Nomination  on  counting  the  Ballots  it  ap- 
peared that  Doctor  Ezra  Bartlett  of  Warren  Doct"  Ebenezer 
Learned  of  Hopkinton  Thomas  Adams  of  Pembroke  Wil- 
liam Cutter  of  Portsmouth    Amos  Gale  Jun""  of  Kingston 


Records  New  Hampshire  jNIedical  Society  39 

Samuel  Foster  of  Candia  &  John  Fogg  of  Northampton 
were  unanimously  Elected  Fellows 

Voted  That  as  two  of  the  Auditors  are  absent  D""  A.  R. 
Cutter  be  added  to  that  Committee  to  Audit  the  Accounts 

3  °Clk  P  M  the  President  took  the  Chair  and  proceed  to 
the  election  of  Officers  for  the  present  year.  Doctors  Sar- 
gent, Stow  &  L  Bartlett  being  elected  Scrutineers  they  on 
sorting  &  counting  the  Ballots  find  the  following  Gentle- 
men to  be  Elected  unanimously  viz 

The  Hon'''''  Ammi  R.  Cutter     President 

Isaac  Thorn  Vice  President 

Doctors     Sam*  Tenney  ^ 

John  Jackson 

Tho^  S  Ranney        I  Councillors 

Tho^   Sargent   &      | 

Josiah  Bartlett        J 
Doctor  Levi  Bartlett  Secretary 
Doctor  Tho^  Stow  Ranney  Treasurer 
Honble  Joshua  Brackett  Librarian 
Doctors     Tho.  Stow  Ranney^ 

Levi  Bartlett  &       ^  Censors 

Josiah   Bartlett       J 

Doctors   Samuel  Tenny   Joseph   Tilton  &   Samuel   Foster 

Auditors  to  Audit  the  Treasurer's  Accounts  the  present 

year 

D"  Bartlett  &  Sargent  became  sureties  for  the  Treasurer 

The  President  &  Fellows  present  viz  Ranney  Sargent  L 

Bartlett  J  Bartlett  &  Foster  were  duly  sworn  into  their 

respective  Offices 

Voted  That  at  all  times  hereafter  a  majority  of  the  Fel- 
lows present  shall  be  a  Quorum  to  transact  business 

Voted  That  Sixty  Dollars  drawn  from  the  Treasury  be 
appropriated  ior  the  purchase  of  Books  and  that  the 
Librarian  &  Censors  be  a  Committee  to  lay  out  the  money 
in  the  purchase. 


40         Records  New  Hampshire  ^Medical  Society 

Voted  That  the  President  draw  an  Order  for  the  Commit- 
tee on  the  Treasurer  for  the  above  purchase 

Voted  That  the  next  Annual  Meeting  be  held  at  the 
House  of  Ezra  Hutehins  Inholder  in  Exeter  on  the  last 
Wednesday  of  May  next  at  10  °Clk  A  IVI 

Recommended  to  the  Treasurer  to  write  to  the  non-at- 
tending Fellows  that  a  more  general  attendance  is  required 
&  to  desire  them  to  manifest  their  continuance  in  the  So- 
ciety by  discharging  their  assesments  or  Resignation  of 
their  Fellowship 

Adjourned 

Extract  from  the  Minutes 

Attest    L  Bartlett     Sec^ 


Exeter  May  27^^  1801 
This  day  agreable  to  a  Vote  of  the  Medical  Society  they 
met  &  proceeding  to  Business  upon  Balloting  for  Fellows 
on  nomination  it  appeared  that  Doctor  Benjamin  Rowe  was 
duly  elected  a  Fellow  of  this  Society 

3  °Clk  P  M  The  President  took  the  chair  &  proceed  to 
the  choice  of  Officers  for  the  current  year  the  Sec^  &  D"" 
Tenney  sorted  &  counted  the  Ballots  when  it  appeared  that 
the  following  Gentlemen  were  unanimously  Elected  &  were 
declared  accordingly  viz 

The    Hon*"'^  Ammi  R  Cutter    President 

Hon       Samuel   Tenney     Vice  President 
Mess""^    Jolin  Jackson  ^ 

Nath'  Kidder  | 

Tho^  S  Ranney  ^  Councillors 

Tho^  Sargent  & 

Josiah   Bartlett 
Doct  Levi  Bartlett  Secretary 
Doct  Tho^  S.  Ranney  Treasurer 
Hon*''^  Joshua  Brackett  Librarian 


Records  New  Hampshire  ^Medical  Society  41 

Doctors     John  Jackson         1 

Josiah  Bartlett  &  J-  Censors 
William  Cutter      J 

Doctor  Thomas  Sargent  was  chosen  Treasurer  P  T  ]\Iess" 
L  Bartlett  &  Sargent  became  sureties  for  the  Treasurer 

The  Committee  appointed  to  purchase  Books  for  the  use 
of  the  Society  have  Reported  the  following  Catalogue  & 
have  deposited  with  the  Librarian  Ten  Dollars  being  the 
overplus  of  the  Order  drawn  for  the  Committee  last  year 
—  which  Report  is  accepted  - —  the  following  is  the  Cata- 
logue of  Books  reported  viz 

^Medical  Museum  2  Vol         8° 

Willichs  (?)  Lectures  2  A^ol 

Williehs  (?)  Lectures  2  Vol 

Chaptals  Chemistry  3  D° 

Beddoes  on  Airs  &c  1  D° 

Medical  Review  5  D° 

Annals  of  Medicine  1  D° 

Medical  Repository  3  D° 

Hunter  on  the  Blood  2  D° 

Cavallo  on  Factitious  Airs  1  D° 

Peart  on  Matter  &  Electricity      3  Vol  in  one 

Read  on  Electricity 

Science  of  Life 

Saunders   on  the  Liver 1  Vol        12° 

Voted  That  Thirty  Dollars  be  added  to  the  Ten  remain- 
ing in  the  Librarian's  hands  be  appropriated  for  the  pur- 
chase of  Medical  Books  for  the  use  of  this  Society  for  the 
present  year 

Voted  that  the  Censors  &  Librarian  be  a  Committee 
to  lay  out  the  money  &  Report  at  the  next  meeting 

Voted  that  the  next  Annual  ^Meeting  be  held  at  this 
House  on  the  last  Wednesday  of  May  next  at  10  °Clk  A.  M 
Adjourned  sine  Die 

Extract  from  the  INlinutes 

Attest  L  Bartlett  Sec' 


42         Records  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society 

The  following  Certificates  were  given  by  the  Censors 
agreable  to  Chap  6^^  Sect  8^^  of  the  Laws  of  the  Society 
&  their  Diploma's  given  them 

State  of  New  Hampshire :  These  may  certify  that  we  the 
Subscribers  Censors  of  the  Newhampshire  ]\Iedical  Society 
have  examined  WILLIAIM  FERSON  a  Candidate  for  the 
Practice  of  Physic  &  Surgery  respecting  his  skill  &  knowl- 
edge therein  &  having  found  him  duly  qualified  therefor 
do  in  Testimony  of  our  approbation  hereunto  subscribe 
our  Names  at  Portsmouth  this  26^''  Day  of  Aug  1801 

Signed     William  Cutter  )   Censors  of  the 
Josiah  Bartlett    J   N  H  M  S 

State  of  Newhampshire :  These  may  Certify  that  we  the 
Subscribers  Censors  of  the  Newhampshire  Medical  Society 
have  examined  SILAS  BROWN  a  Candidate  for  the  prac- 
tice of  Physic  &  Surgery  respecting  his  skill  &  knowledge 
therein  &  having  found  him  duly  qualified  therefor  do  in 
Testimony  of  our  approbation  hereunto  subscribe  our 
Names  at  Portsmouth  this  26^''  day  of  Aug  1801 

Signed    William  Cutter  )   Censors  of  the 
Josiah  Bartlett    \  N  H  :\I  S 

State  of  Newhapshire :  We  the  subscribers  Censors  of 
the  Eastern  District  Newhampshire  IMedical  Society  having 
examined  Josiah  Lane  a  Candidate  for  the  Practice  of 
Physic  &  Surgery  find  him  duly  qualified  therefor  in 
Testimony  whereof  we  have  hereunto  subscribed  our  names 
Signed    J   Bartlett  )   Censors   of 

William  Cutter       JN  H  M  S 

Portsmouth  March  2°<^  1802 
Extract  from  the  Original  Certificate 

Attest     L  Bartlett  Sec^  N  H  M  S 

State  of  New  Hampshire  :  These  may  certify  that  we  the 
Subscribers  Censors  of  the  Eastern  District  of  the  New 


Records  New  Hampshire  ]\Iedical  Society  43 

Hampshire  Medical  Society  have  examined  JACOB  MAIN 
a  Candidate  for  the  practice  of  Physic  &  Surgery  respect- 
ing his  skill  &  knowledge  therein  and  having  found  him 
duly  qualified  do  in  Testimony  of  our  approbation  here- 
unto subscribe  our  Names  at  Greenland  this  19""  day  of 
Dec--  A  Domini  1803 
Signed  Josiah  Bartlett  )  Censors  of  the  Newhampshire 
William  Cutter   C  Medical  Society 

State  of  New  Hampshire 

These  may  certify  that  we  the  subscribers,  Censors  of  the 
Eastern  district    of    the    Newhampshire    MEDICAL    SO- 
CIETY, have  examined  WILLIAM  GORDON  of  the  State 
of  Massachusetts,  a  candidate  for  the  practice  of  Physic 
&  Surgery,  respecting  his  skill  and  knowledge  therein,  and 
having  found  him  duly  qualified  therefor,  do  in  testimony 
of  our  approbation  hereunto  subscribe  our  names  at  Ports- 
mouth this  fourteenth  day  of  December  Anno  Domini  1804 
Signed     William  Cutter       )   Censors  of  the  N.  H. 
Lyman  Spaulding  (  Medical  Society 
A  true  Copy  from  the  original 

L  Bartlett  Sec''  N  H  M  S 

Exeter,  May  26'^^  1802 
The  Newhampshire  JNIedical  Society  met  at  the  House  of 
Ezra  Hutchins  in  this  Town  agreable  to  Law 

The  Treasurers  accounts  were  Audited  &  Rec"^  up  to  this 
time  excepting  what  was  in  the  hands  of  Doct  Sargent  the 
Treasurer  P  T  whose  papers  were  not  here 

Voted  that  the  following  Catalog-ue  of  Books  presented 
by  the  Committee  appointed  last  year  for  the  purchase  of 
books  be  received  viz 

Data's   Surgery 3  Vol $7- 

Saumares's    ( ?)    Physiologj^  . .  .2  Vol.  .  .  .       -4—50 

Spalanzani  on  the  Blood 2-75 

Duncan 's  Medical  cases 2-25 


44         Records  New  Hampshire  jMedical  Society 

Burseniiis's    (?)    Practice 3  Vol $6-75 

LeDran's    Consultations 1  Vol.    .  .       1.50 


24.75 
Also  that  the  Medical  Extracts.  .  .5  Vol.@]       18.50 

be  purchased  of  Doet  Josiah  Bartlett|^  

for  the  use  of  the  Society  I      43.25 

Voted  That  Twenty  Dollars  be  appropriated  to  pay  the 
overplus  of  the  Books  this  day  received  viz  $3.25  and  for 
the  Binding  of  those  Books  which  are  wanting  to  be  bound. 
That  an  Order  be  drawn  upon  the  Treasurer  for  the  same. 

Voted  To  proceed  to  the  Election  of  Officers  for  the  cur- 
rent 3'ear 

Doctors  Tho"^  S.  Ranney  Tilton  &  L  Bartlett  were  chosen 
Scrutineers,  who  presented  to  the  Chair  the  following  Gen- 
tlemen as  being  unanimously  Elected  to  their  respective 
Offices  &  were  declared  accordingly  chosen  viz 

The  Hon*"^  Ammi  R  Cutter    President 

Sam'  Tenney     Vice  President 
Doctors     Tho^  S  Ranney 
Joseph  Tilton 
Tho^   Sargent  [-  Councillors 

William  Cutter  &  | 
Samuel    Forster     I 
Doctor  Levi  Bartlett     Secretary 
Doctor  Tho^  S  Ranney     Treasurer 
Hon'^'^  Joshua  Brackett     Librarian 
Doctors     Josiah  Bartlett       ] 

William  Cutter  &  J>  Censors 
John  Fogg  J 

Doctors  L  &  J  Bartlett  became  sureties  for  the  Treasurer 
the  current  year 

Doctors  Tilton  Sargent  &  Forster  are  chosen  Auditors 
to  audit  the  Treasurers  Accounts  up  to  the  year  1803 
Voted  That  in  future  those  Candidates  who  shall  receive 


Records  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society  45 

letters  testimonial  of  approbation  from  the  Censors,  shall 
have  their  answers  produced  at  the  subsequent  meeting 
of  the  Society  to  be  read  if  called  for  and  that  the  Secre- 
tary produce  at  the  next  meeting  those  on  File 

Voted  That  the  Treasurer  be  requested  to  write  imme- 
diately to  all  the  delinquent  Fellows  that  unless  the}^  pay 
up  their  arrearages,  or  manifest  their  wishes  of  belonging 
to  the  Society  on  or  before  the  last  Wednesday  of  May  1804 
they  will  not  after  that  any  longer  be  considered  as  Fel- 
lows 

Voted  That  in  future  every  Fellow  who  neglects  pay- 
ing his  assessments  or  his  attendance  for  the  space  of  three 
years  shall  be  deemed  as  resigning  his  Fellowship 

Voted  That  the  next  Annual  ]\Ieeting  be  held  at  the 
House  on  the  last  Wednesday  of  May  next  at  10  °Clk  A  M 
at  which  time  and  place  the  meeting  stands 

Adjourned 

Attest     L  Bartlett  Sec^ 

Exeter  May  25*^  1803 
At  a  meeting  of  the  Xewhampshire  Medical  Society  held 
this   day   at  the   House   of   Ezra   Hutehins   Innholder   in 
Exeter 

Balloted  for  Candidates  on  Nomination  when  it  appeared 
that  Doctor  Edmund  Chadwick  of  Deerfield  &  Doctor 
Lyman  Spaulding  of  Portsmouth  were  unanimously 
Elected  Fellows 

Voted  That  the  Librarian  procure  a  Catalogue  of  those 
Books  that  have  been  presented  to  the  Society  and  of  those 
Books  the  Society'  have  purchased  to  be  printed  for  the 
use  of  the  Fellows  &  Associates 

Proceed  to  the  Election  for  the  Current  year 

Voted  That  Doctors  Tenney  Tilton  &  L  Bartlett  be 
scrutineers 

The  Scrutineers  after  sorting  &  counting  the  Votes,  re- 


46         Kecords  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society 

ported  to  the  Chair  the  following  Persons,  being  unani- 
mously Elected  to  their  respective  Offices  viz 

The  Hon*"^     Ammi  R.  Cutter     President 

Samuel  Tenney       Vice  President 
Doctors     Thomas  S  Eanney  ' 
Joseph   Tilton 

Thomas    Sargent    [■  Councillors 
William  Cutter  &  | 
Samuel   Forster      J 
Doctor  Levi  Bartlett     Secretary 
Doctor  Tho^  S.  Ranney  Treasurer 
Doctor  Josiah  Bartlett     Librarian 
Doctors     Josiah   Bartlett      ] 

William  Cutter  &    I  Censors 
John  Fogg  J 

Doctors  Tilton  Sargent  &  Forster  are  chosen  Auditors  for 
the  year  ensuing- 
Doctors  L  Bartlett  &  Tilton  became  sureties  for  the  Treas- 
urer the  ensuing  Year 

Voted  That  Doctors  Tenney  L  Bartlett  &  the  librarian 
be  a  Committee  to  prepare  &  lay  before  the  Society  some 
Rules  concerning  the  Library 

Voted  That  the  Librarian  procure  the  Medical  Reposi- 
tory annually  and  that  he  procure  in  the  course  of  the 
present  year  such  other  Books  as  the  Censors  &  Librarian 
may  judge  proper  to  the  amount  of  Fifteen  Dollars 

The  Committee  appointed  to  prepare  some  Rules  con- 
cerning the  Library  Report  the  following  viz 

The  Librarian  shall  keep  a  regular  account  of  all  Books 
issued  from  the  Library,  in  which  he  shall  minute  the  time 
of  their  delivery  and  return 

Each  Fellow  &  Associate  shall  be  entitled  to  receive  out 
of  the  Library  one  FOLIO,  one  Quarty,  two  Octavos  or  two 
Duodecimos  at  a  time     A  Folio  may  be  retained  six  Months 


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a  Quarto  &  two  Octavos  Twelve  weeks,  two  Duodecimos,  six 
weeks 

Any  Fellow  or  Associate  who  shall  retain  a  Book  beyond 
the  time  allowed  by  the  preceeding  article  shall  be  subject 
to  a  fine  of  Twenty  five  cents  per  week  for  a  Folio,  twenty 
cents  for  a  Quarto  fifteen  cents  for  an  Octavo  &  Twelve  & 
a  half  cents  for  a  Duodecimo,  to  be  demanded  &  received 
by  the  Librarian 

The  Committee  also  recommend  the  adoption  of  the  fol- 
lowing vote 

That  the  Librarian  frame  such  other  rules  to  be  ob- 
served relative  to  the  Library  as  he  may  judge  proper; 
which  with  the  foregoing  shall  be  laid  before  the  President 
&  Councill  &  if  approved  by  them  shall  be  printed  with  the 
Catalogue 

Voted  that  the  above  Report  of  the  Committee  be  ac- 
cepted 

Voted  That  each  Associate  at  his  Admission  to  the 
Library  shall  pay  two  Dollars  to  the  Librarian,  to  be  dis- 
posed of  for  the  purchase  of  Books,  said  Associates  being 
subject  to  the  Laws  &  Rules  of  the  Library 

Voted  to  adjourn  this  Meeting  to  this  place  the  last  Wed- 
nesday of  I\Iay  1804  at  10  °Clk  A  M 

A  true  Copy  from  the  minutes 

L  Bartlett  See^ 

Exeter,  29^^^  May  1804 
At  a  meeting  of  the  Newhampshire  Medical  Society  held 
at  the  house  of  Ezra  Hutchins  in  Exeter  this  day  at  3 
"Clock  the  President  took  the  Chair  and  proceeding  to  the 
choice  of  Officers  Doctors  Stow  Ranney  Spalding  &  Tenney 
were  nominated  &  chosen  Scrutineers 

The  ballots  being  taken  counted  &  sorted  the  following 
Gentlemen  were  found  duly  elected  to  their  respective  of- 
fices viz 

The  Hon^i^     Ammi  R.   Cutter     President 


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Samuel  Tenney     Vice  President 
:\Iess'^     Tho^  S  Ranney     ] 
Joseph    Tilton        I 
William   Cutter     I  Councillors 
Lyman  Spalding 
John   Fogg  I 

Doctor  L  Bartlett     Secretary 
Doctor  Tho®  S  Ranney     Treasurer 
D^^     William  Cutter      ] 

Lyman   Spalding   I  Censors 
&  John  Fogg        J 
Doctor  Josiah  Bartlett     Librarian 

Mess""^  L  &  J  Bartlett  was  accepted  as  sureties  for  the 
Treasurer  for  the  year  ensuing 

The  following  Rules  concerning  the  Library  being  pre- 
sented by  the  Librarian  were  adopted  viz 

Article  1^' 

The  duty  of  the  Librarian  is  to  note  in  a  book  kept  for 
that  purpose,  any  &  what  kind  of  injury  a  Book  may 
receive  while  out  (natural  wear  excepted)  and  lay  it  be- 
fore the  Committee  appointed  for  the  purpose  of  inspect- 
ing the  Books  &  adjudging  fines  according  to  the  laws  of 
the  Society. 

If  any  Book  be  lost,  torn  or  defaced,  so  as  to  render  it 
difficult  to  be  read,  the  member  in  whose  custody  the  Book 
was  at  the  time  of  the  loss  or  injury,  shall  pay  for  the  Book 
or  purchase  another;  if  it  belongs  to  a  sett  he  shall  pay 
for  or  replace  all  the  Volumes  in  the  sett  he  taking  the  dam- 
aged one  —  other  and  lesser  injury  to  be  paid  for  by  a 
fine  not  exceeding  three  fourths  of  the  original  price  of 
the  Book  or  Books;  which  fine  shall  be  adjudged  and  as- 
sessed by  said  Committee  and  paid  to  the  Librarian  for 
purchasing  Books. 


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It  is  the  duty  of  the  Members  to  have  all  the  books  in  the 
library  for  inspection  at  nine  of  the  Clock  in  the  morning 
on  the  day  of  the  annual  Meeting  every  year;  and  if  any 
Member  neglect  to  bring  in  the  book  or  books  he  may  have, 
he  shall  be  fined  One  Dollar  for  each  and  every  volume  so 
kept  back;  said  money  to  be  appropriated  to  increase  the 
Library. 

All  applications  for  books  shall  be  in  writing  signed  by 
the  Member  applying  which  the  librarian  shall  keep  as  his 
voucher;  and  the  librarian  shall  be  guided  in  his  distribu- 
tion of  the  books  by  Seniority  of  application  in  notation 
according  to  date,  providing  that  all  applications  for  books 
by  a  member  who  has  not  had  it  or  them  shall  superced 
that  made  by  one  who  has,  although  of  an  anterior  date. 

5th 

The  librarian  shall  keep  a  regular  account  of  all  books 
issued  from  the  library  in  which  he  shall  minute  the  time 
of  their  delivery  and  return. 

gth 

Each  Fellow  and  Associate  be  entituled  to  receive  out  of 
the  library  Four  Volumes  at  a  time,  and  keep  the  same 
three  calendar  months,  and  in  case  of  neglect  to  return 
them  at  the  time,  he  shall  forfeit  and  pay  Twelve  &  half 
cents  a  week  for  each  volume  so  kept,  to  be  demanded  and 
received  by  the  librarian. 

yth 

Any  member  thinking  himself  injured  by  the  judgment 
of  the  inspecting  committee  may  appeal  to  the  Society  at 
their  next  succeeding  meeting  (but  not  afterwards)  he 
notifying  the  librarian  of  his  intention  three  weeks  before 
said  meeting. 


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No  member  may  take  out  a  book  from  the  library  who  is 
more  than  two  years  in  arrears  in  his  legal  assessments, 
or  who  has  legally  incurred  a  fine  which  he  has  not  paid. 

gth 

Each  Associate  member  at  his  admission  to  the  use  of  the 
libraiy  shall  pay  Two  Dollars  to  the  librarian  to  be  dis- 
posed of  for  the  purchase  of  books,  said  associate  being 
subject  to  the  laws  &  rules  of  the  library. 

Toted     That  all  the  Laws  heretofore  made  concerning  the 

Library,  militant  with  the  above,  be  and  hereby 

are  repealed. 
Toted     That  a  Committee  consisting  of  two  Fellows  be 

appointed  to  inspect  the  Books 

That  Doctor  William   Cutter  &  Doctor  Spalding 

be  the  Committee 
Toted     That  Doctors  Tenney  &  Tilton  be  chosen  Auditors 

for  the  year  ensuing- 
Toted     That  Twenty  five  dollars  be  appropriated  for  the 

purchase  of  Books  by  the  Librarian  the  present 

year 
Toted     That  this  meeting  be  adjourned  to  the  last  "Wednes- 
day  of  May   next,   to   meet   at   this   place   at    10 

"Clock  in  the  forenoon 

L  Bartlett  Sec^ 

Extract  from  the  Minutes 

State  of  Newhampshire 

These  may  certify  that  Ave  the  subscribers  Censors  of 
the  Newhampshire  jMedical  Society  have  examined  M"" 
Israel  Gale  a  Candidate  for  the  practice  of  Physic  &  Sur- 
gery respecting  his  skill  &  knowledge  therein  do  in  Testi- 
mony of  our  approbation  hereunto  subscribe  our  Xauies  at 


Records  New  Hampshire  IMedical  Society  51 

Greenland  this  Twenty  ninth  day  of  June  Anno  Domini 

1803 

Signed  Josiah  Bartlett  ]    Censors  of  the 

William  Cutter   [>  N  H  Medical 
John  Fogg  J    Society 

State  of  Newhampshire 

These  may  certify  that  we  the  Subscribers  Censors 
of  the  Newhampshire  Medical  Society,  have  examined 
JONATHAN  GREELEY  a  Candidate  for  the  practice  of 
Physic  &  Surgery  respecting  liis  knowledge  &  skill  therein 
and  having  found  him  duly  qualified  therefor,  do  in  testi- 
mony of  our  approbation  hereunto  subscribe  our  Names  at 
Portsmouth,  this  14'^  day  of  August  Anno  Domini  1805 
Signed  William  Cutter  )  Censors  of  the  Newhamp- 
L  Spalding  f  shire  Medical  Society 

A  true  Copy  of  Record 

Attest     L  BartlejT     Sec^ 

State  of  New  Hampshire 

These  may  certify  that  we  the  subscribers,  Censors  of  the 
Newhampshire  IMedical  Society  have  examined  JONA- 
THAN FRENCH  a  Candidate  for  the  practice  of  Physic 
&  Surgery  respecting  his  skill  &  Knowledge  therein  and 
having  found  him  duly  qualified  therefor,  do  in  testimony 
of  our  approbation  hereunto  subscribe  our  names  at  Green- 
land this  7"^  day  of  Oct  ADomini  1802 

Signed  Josiah  Bartlett  1  ^ 

„.„.        „   , ,  Censors  of  the 

William  Cutter    >-  ^t  xt  nv/r   i    o.     •  . 
r  ,     ^  [  N  H  Med.  Society 

John  Fogg  J 

State  of  Newhampshire 

These  may  certify  that  we  the  Subscribers  Censors  of 
the  Newhampshire  ]\Iedical  Society  eastern  district  have 
examined  JOSIAH  DWIGHT  of  said  State,  a  candidate 
for  the  practice  of  Physic  &  Surgery  respecting  his  skill 
and  knowledge  therein,  and  having  found  him  duly  quali- 


52         Records  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society 

fied  therefor  Do  in  Testimony  of  our  approbation  here- 
unto subscribe  our  names  at  Portsmouth  this  15'^  day  of 
October  ADomini  1805 

Signed  William  Cutter 

Jphn  Fogg 
L  Spalding  J 

A  true  Copy  attest 

L  Bartlett  Sec^ 

Exeter  May  29'>^  1805 
The  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society  met  agreable    to 
Law,  at  the  House  of  Ezra  Hutchins  in  this  Town  this  day 

Present 

The  Hon^^^  A  R  Cutter,  President,  Samuel  Tenney  Ed- 
mund Chadwick  L  Bartlett  J  Bartlett  Joseph  Tilton  Sam^ 
Forster  Tho^  S  Ranney  Lyman  Spalding  &  Nath^  Peabody 

Voted  That  Mess^^  L  Bartlett  &  Chadwick  be  added  to 
the  Committee  to  Audit  the  Treasurer's  accounts 
&  that  Doct  Tenny  one  of  said  Committee  be  ex- 
cused at  his  request 

Voted  That  the  Committee  appointed  to  audit  the 
Treasurer's  accounts  be  a  Committee  to  examine 
the  Librarian's  accounts 

The  above  Committee  reported  that  the  Treasurer's  & 
Librarian's  accounts  were  well  vouched  &  regiilarly  kept 
as  stated  in  their  respective  Books 

Voted  That  the  above  report  be  accepted 
At  3  "Clock  the  President  took  the  Chair  called  for  the 
choice  of  three  Scrutineers  when  Doctors  Forster  L  Bart- 
lett &  Spalding  were  ejected  —  who  at  the  close  of  the  Poll 
reported  to  the  President  the  following  Officers  being  duly 
chosen  for  the  current  year  viz 

The  Hon"'^     A  R  Cutter    President 

Samuel  Tenny    Vice  President 


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Mess""^     Thomas  S  Ranney     ] 
Joseph    Tilton  I 

William   Cutter         ^  Councillors 
Lyman  Spalding 
Edmund  Chadwick  J 
Doct  L  Bartlett     Secretary 
Doct  Tho^  S  Ranney     Treasurer 
Doct  Josiah  Bartlett     Librarian 
Doctors    William   Cutter     ] 

Lyman   Spalding  ^  Censors 
John  Fogg  J 

Voted  That  Doct  William  Cutter  &  Lyman  Spalding  be 
appointed  a  Committee  to  inspect  the  Books  the 
ensuing  year 

The  following  Books  were  generously  given  to  the  Society 
by  the  former  Censors 

[List  not  given] 

Voted  That  the  thanks  of  this  Society  will  be  presented  to 
the  Censors  who  have  made  the  above  Donation 

Voted  That  Doct  Spalding  be  appointed  to  draw  up  the 
Characters  of  our  late  President  Doctor  Joshua 
Bracket  &  his  Wife  noticing  their  donations  to 
the  Newhampshire  ^ledical  Society  expressive  of 
the  Societys  grateful  acknowledgement  for  the 
same  and  report  at  the  next  Meeting 

Voted  That  Twenty  Dollars  be  appropriated  to  the  pur- 
chase of  Books  by  the  Librarian  the  ensuing  year 

Voted     That    this    meeting    be    adjourned    to    the    last 
Wednesday  o'f  May  next  at  10  °Clk  A  M  then  to 
meet  at  this  place 
A  true  Copy  from  the  minutes 

attest    L  Bartlett     Secretary 


54         Records  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Councill  of  the  Xewhampshire  Medi- 
cal Society  holden  at  Portsmouth  the  23'''^  day  of  Oct  AD 
1805 

Present 

Doct  A  R  Cutter    President 

Doctors     Tho^    S    Ranney] 


Joseph    Tilton     [ 
W"  Cutter  f 

Lyman  SpaldingJ 


Councillors 


Choose  D""  L  Spalding     Secretary'  P  T 

Choose  D""®  Joseph  Tilton  &  Lyman  Spalding  a  Committee 
to  Avait  on  Col  Joseph  Whipple  &  inform  him  that  the 
Councill  are  now  in  session  &  are  ready  to  receive  any  com- 
munication he  has  to  make  relative  to  the  donation  of  the 
late  Hon"^  Joshua  Braekett  M  D. 

The  Committee  waited  on  him  accordingly  and  Col  Whip- 
ple returned  for  answer,  that  he  had  already  taken  ample 
and  sufficient  bonds  of  the  legatee,  so  as  to  make  the 
donation  secure  to  the  Newhampshire  Medical  Society 

L  Spalding  Sec^    P  T 

Extracts  from  the  Minutes 

Attest    L  Bartlett     Secretary 

At  the  annual  meeting  of  the  Fellows  of  the  Newhamp- 
shire Medical  Society  holden  in  Exeter,  at  the  house  of 
Ezra  Hutchins,  on  the  last  Wednesday  of  May,  being  the 
28'^  day  of  that  month 

AD  1806 
Present 
The  Hon^'^  Tenny  Esq     Vice  Preses 
D"     Thomas  S  Ranney 
Joseph  Tilton 
Josiah  Bartlett 
Edmond  Chadwick 


Kecords  New  Hampshire  INIedical  Society  55 

Ebenezer  Lerned 
Nath'  Peabody 
Lyman  Spalding 

Meeting  opened.     Choose  L  Spalding  Secretary  p.  t. 

Voted  to  choose  a  committee  of  three  to  audite  the  Treas- 
urer's and  Librarian's  accounts. 

Chose  D"  Joseph  Tilton  Edmond  Chadwiek  &  Ebenezer 
Lerned. — 

The  committee  on  the  Librarian's  account  beg  leave  to 
report  that  they  have  examined  the  accounts  of  D""  Josiah 
Bartlett,  Librarian  of  the  Newhampshire  Medical  Society 
for  the  year  1805  and  find  due  to  him  twenty  dollars  & 
ten  cts. 

The  committee  on  the  Treasurer's  accounts  beg  leave  to 
report  that  they  have  examined  the  accounts  of  Dr  Thomas 
S.  Ranney,  Treasurer  of  the  Newhampshire  jMedical  So- 
ciety, for  the  year  1805,  and  find  his  accounts  well  vouched 
and  right  cast,  excepting  the  Treasurer  pro.  temp,  account 
for  1801,  Said  account  not  having  been  exhibited,  and  find 
due  said  Ranney  from  the  Society  four  dollars  and  forty 
eight  cents. 

Voted  to  accept  the  above  reports. 

At  three  Oclock  the  Vice  President  took  the  chair  and 
the  Society  proceeded  to  the  election  of  officers  for  the 
ensuing  year. 

Chose  D""^  Joseph  Tilton,  Josiah  Bartlett  and  Ebenezer 
Lerned  Scrutineers.  At  four  oclock,  the  poll  having  been 
closed,  the  Scrutineers  reported  that  the  society  had  made 
choice  of 

D^     A  R  Cutter    President 
Thomas  S  Ranney 
Joseph  Tilton 

William  Cutter         I  Councellors 
Ebenezer  Lerned 
Lyman  Spalding     J 


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Hon'''^  Samuel  Tenney,     Vice  President 

D'"  Lj^man  Spalding,     Secretary 

"  Thomas  S.  Ranney     Treasurer 

"  Josiah   Bartlett    ] 

"  William  Cutter     i  Censors 

"  Lyman  Spalding  J 

"  Josiah  Bartlett,     Librarian 


Voted  that  a  committee  of  three  be  chosen  for  advising 
and  directing  the  Librarian  in  the  purchase  of 
books,  and  that  they  inquire  whether  the  prin- 
ciple of  the  donation  of  the  late  D'"  Brackett  may 
be  expended,  or  the  interest  thereof  only,  and 
govern  themselves  accordingly. 

Chose  D""^  Samuel  Tenney,  William  Cutter  and  L. 
Spalding  the  above  committee. 

Voted  to  appropriate  one  hundred  dollars  for  the  pur- 
chase of  books. 

Voted  that  two  deputy  librarians  be  appointed,  and  that 
each  deputy  have  thirty  volumes  out  of  the  library, 
for  the  accommodation  of  the  Fellows  &  associates 
in  his  vicinity.  The  books  to  be  returned  to  the 
library  at  the  annual  meeting  of  the  Society.  The 
deputies  to  be  governed  by  the  laws  and  regulations 
of  the  Library. 

Chose    D""  Ebenezer  Lerned,  deputy  Librarian. 

Voted  that  the  Librarian  appoint  a  second  deputy 
librarian,   if  occasion  should  require. 

Voted  that  the  Council  inquire  into  the  expediency  of 
dividing  the  state  into  three  or  more  districts, 
medical,  and  if  they  judge  proper,  to  make  the 
necessary  arrangements  and  report  to  the  Society 
at  their  next  meeting 

Voted  that  the  next  meeting  of  this  Society  be  holden  at 
the  house  of  Ezra  Hutchins  in  Exeter,  on  the  last 
Wednesday  of  may  AD  1807 


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Voted    to  dissolve  this  meeting 
True  copy  att. 


L.  Spalding     Secty. 


The  proposal  of  Doc"'  Joshua  Brackett,  by  D""  J  Bartlett 
and  of  D""  Samuel  Morrill  by  E.  Chadwick,  as  fellows  of 
the  N.  H.  Medical  Society  were  read  by  the  secretary  and 
placed  up  in  the  room  during  the  meeting. 

att.  L.  Spalding     Secty. 

State  of  I 

Newhampshire  C  These  may  certify  that  we  the  subscrib- 
ers Censors  of  the  Eastern  District  of  the  Newhampshire 
Medical  Society,  have  examined  Alexander  Augustus  Dame 
of  said  State,  a  candidate  for  the  practice  of  Physic  and 
Surgery,  respecting  his  skill  and  knowledge  therein,  and 
having  found  him  duly  qualified  therefor,  DO,  in  testimony 
of  our  approbation,  hereunto  subscribe  our  names  at 
Portsmouth  this  tenth  day  of  January  Anno  Domini  1806 
Signed  W.  Cutter     1   Censors  of  the 

L  Spalding  J  N.  H.  Medical 
Society 
A  true  copy  att.     L.  Spalding,     Secty. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  President  and  Council  of  the  New- 
hampshire ^ledical  Society,  holden  at  Davenport's  hall  in 
Portsmouth  the  4th  day  of  February  AD  1807 

Present 

Ammi  R.  Cutter  M.  D.     President 
Dr     Thomas  S.  Ranney  ] 
Joseph    Tilton         | 
"       William  Cutter       I  Counsellors 
"       Ebenezer  Lerned     I 
"       Lyman  Spalding    J 

The  meeting  being  opened  by  the  President 

I.  Resolved,  in  the  opinion  of  the  President  and  Coun- 


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cil  of  the  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society  convened,  that 
it  is  expedient  and  conductive  to  the  good  government  of 
said  Society,  that  a  new  district  be  formed  to  be  called 
the  "Center  District  of  the  Newhampshire  Medical  Society" 
to  contain  the  County  of  Hillsborough,  the  towns  in  Rock- 
ingham Count3^  west  of  the  ]\Iennmac  River  and  such  other 
towns  in  the  adjacent  Counties,  as  the  physicians  therein 
practising  may  choose  to  associate  in  said  District. 

II.  Resolved,  in  the  opinion  of  the  President  and  Coun- 
cil of  the  Newhampshire  Medical  Society  convened,  that  an 
Associate  of  the  Eastern  or  Western  District  shall  be  an 
associate  of  the  Center  District,  on  his  paying  all  dues  to 
said  Eastern  or  Western  District,  making  known  to  said 
district  Society  his  determination  to  withdraw  therefrom 
and  informing  the  Center  district  of  his  resolution  to  be- 
come an  associate  thereof. 

III.  Resolved,  in  the  opinion  of  the  President  and 
Council  of  the  Newhampshire  Medical  Society  convened, 
that  it  is  expedient  that  D''  Jonathan  Gove  and  D''  Ebenezer 
Lerned,  or  either  of  them  be  authorized  to  call  the  first 
meeting  of  said  Center  District,  to  be  holden  at  Hopkinton 
on  the  first  Wednesday  of  June  next  at  such  hour  and  place 
as  they  or  either  of  them  may  direct. 

lY.  Resolved,  In  the  opinion  of  the  President  and  Coun- 
cil of  the  Newhampshire  Medical  Society  convened,  that 
it  is  expedient,  to  permit  the  Center  District  to  admit 
twenty  associates,  who  are  duly  qualified. 

V.  Resolved,  in  the  opinion  of  the  President  and  Coun- 
cil of  the  Newhampshire  Medical  Society  convened,  that 
it  is  expedient  that  D""  E.  Lerned  keep  the  30  vols,  which 
he  now  has  till  the  first  of  January  1808  and  that  he  have 
30  other  volumes. 

VI.  Resolved,  in  the  opinion  of  the  President  and  Coun- 
cil of  the  Newhampshire  Medical  Society  convened,  that 
it  is  expedient,  that  all  deputy  Librarians  return  their 
books  to  the  general  Library  at  least  once  a  year. 

VII.  Resolved,  in  the    opinion    of    the    President    and 


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Council  of  the  Newhampshire  Medical  Society  convened, 
that  it  is  expedient,  to  petition  the  State  Legislature  for 
an  act  to  disqualify  any  person,  who  shall  commence  the 
practice  of  Physic  or  Surgery  within  this  State,  after  a 
certain  period,  who  has  not  received  a  medical  degree  at 
some  university  or  been  examined  and  approbated  by  some 
incorporated  jMedical  Society,  from  collecting  any  debt  or 
debts  incurred  by  such  practice  in  any  Court  of  this  State. 
VIII.  Resolved,  in  the  opinion  of  the  President  and 
Council  of  the  Newhampshire  Medical  Society  convened, 
that  it  is  expedient,  that  the  fees  for  examination  by  the 
Censors  of  the  Society  shall  be  ten  dollars. 
Meeting  dissolved 

L  Spalding,  Secty. 

At  the  annual  meeting  of  the  Fellows  of  the  Newhamp- 
shire Medical  Society,  holden  at  Exeter,  at  the  house  of 
Thomas  Folsom,  on  the  last  Wednesday  of  may,  being  the 
27th  day  of  said  month 

AD  1807 
Present 
Ammi  R.  Cutter,  M.  D.,  President 
HonbP  Samuel  Tenney,  vice  President 

Thomas   S.   Ranney 

Josiah  Tilton 

William   Cutter 

Ebenezer  Lerned 

Lyman  Spalding 

Josiah  Bartlett 

Nath'  Peabody 
Hon^'®  John  Wingate,  by  invitation 

Meeting  opened,  and  the  proceedings  of  the  last  meeting 
and  of  the  Council  were  read 

Voted  to  choose  a  Committee  of  three  to  audite  the 
Treasurer  and  Librarians  accts.  Chose  D'"^  Josiah  Bartlett, 
Ebenezer  Lerned  and  Joseph  Tilton  the  above  Committee. 


60         Records  New  Hampshire  jMedical  Society 

The  Committee  on  the  Treasurer's  account  beg  leave  to 
report  that  they  have  examined  the  account  of  the  Treas- 
urer D""  Thomas  S.  Ranney,  and  approbated  it  up  to  the 
present  time,  except  the  Treasurer  pro  tern's  account  for 
the  year  1801  and  find  due  the  Society  from  said  Treasurer 
forty  dollars  and  seventy  three  cents. 

The  Committee  also  report  that  they  have  examined  the 
Librarians  accounts  for  the  last  year,  and  find  them  right 
cast  and  well  vouched  and  that  his  accounts  are  balanced. 

Voted  to  accept  the  above  reports. 

At  three  0  clock  the  President  took  the  Chair  and  the 
Society  proceed  to  the  Choice  of  officers  for  the  ensuing 
year. 

Chose  William  Cutter,  Josiah  Bartlett  and  Joseph  Til- 
ton  Scrutineers. 

Voted,  That  in  future  there  shall  be  six  Censors  chosen 
annually. 

At  four  0  clock  the  poll  having  been  closed,  the  Scru- 
tineers reported  that  the  Society  had  made  choice  of 

Ammi  R.  Cutter,     President 
Hon^'^  Samuel  Tenney,     vice  President 
D"     Thomas  S.  Ranney^ 
Joseph   Tilton 

William  Cutter       I  Counsellors 
Lyman  Spalding     I 
Josiah  Bartlett       J 
Lyman  Spalding,  M.  D.     Secretary 
D'"  Thomas  S.  Ranney,  Treasurer 
D^^    William   Cutter 
L^-man  Spalding 
John  Fogg 
Ebenezer  Lerued 
Peter  Green 
Moses  Nichols         J 
D""  Josiah  Bartlett,     Librarian 
D'^  Ebenezer  Lerned    Deputy  Librarian 


Censors 


Records  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society  61 

The  following  Report  of  the  Censors  was  read,  and 
Voted  to  accept  it. 

"The  Censors  of  the  Newhampshire  Medical  Society  for 
the  Eastern  district,  for  the  years  1804,  5  &  6  beg  leave  to 
report,  that  during  the  time  of  their  appointments  they 
have  examined  and  approbated  the  following  candidates, 
viz.  William  Gordon,  Jonathan  G-reeley,  J.  H.  Pierrepont, 
Josiah  Dwight  and  Augustua  Dame,  of  whom  they  have 

received  the  sum  of $30.00 

and  have  purchased  and  delivered  to  the  Librarian  the  fol- 
lowing books  on  account  thereof. 

1  Miss  Scanard's  life  of  D-"  Darwin $1.75 

1  Desault's    Surgery 2.50 

1  set  Rush's  enquiries  5  vols  at  9/ 7.50 

1  Currie  on  waters  14/6 2.42 

1  Rush's  lectures  8/ 1.33 

2  vols-  l«t  &  2nd  Phila-^  Med.     (?) 5.50 

1  Whatley  on  wounds 2.25 

1  sett  Spallanzani 's  dissertations  2  vols 5.00 

Parts  1st  Vol.  II  &  first  supplement  of  Bartons 

Joum 1.75 


$30.00 


Portsmouth  May  1807 
L.  Spalding  for  the  Censors. 

In  conformity  with  a  vote  of  the  Society  passed  May  1805 
D""  Spalding  submitted  the  following  report,  which  was 
read  and  accepted;  and  ordered  to  be  entered  on  the 
records  of  the  Society. 

"Whereas  the  Honble.  Joshua  Brackett  Esq""  late  of 
Portsmouth,  deceased  and  his  honoured  lady  deceased,  have 
from  time  to  time  made  generous  and  liberal  donations  to 
this  Society. 

Resolved  therefore,  that  the  following  biographic  notice 


62         Kecords  New  Hampshire  IMedical  Society 

of  these  two  liberal  and  distinguished  Characters  be  en- 
tered upon  the  records  of  the  Society  intoken  of  the  es- 
teem and  veneration  this  Society  will  ever  Shew  departed 
merit. 

The  Hon**'^  Joshua  Brackett  M.  D.  was  born  in  Green- 
land, Newhampshire,  May  1733,  and  graduated  at  Harvard 
University  in  1752.  He  studied  Divinity  and  preached  a 
short 'time,  but  from  ill  health  quitted  that  profession  for 
medicine,  which  he  read  with  Doctor  Clement  Jackson  of 
Portsmouth. 

He  was  in  early  life  married  to  Lliss  Hannah  Whipple  of 
Kittery.  The  name  of  Brackett  is  among  the  founders  of 
this  Society  and  he  was  our  first  Vice  President.  In  1793 
he  was  elected  President  of  the  Newhampshire  Medical 
Society,  which  office  he  sustained  till  the  year  1799,  much 
to  his  honour  and  the  satisfaction  of  the  Society. 

To  this  man,  the  Society  is  indebted  for  the  first  founda- 
tion of  a  Library  and  its  whole  increase  and  support  for 
more  than  nine  years;  neither  is  this  all  which  the  Society 
is  indebted  to  his  benevolence ;  it  is  probable  that  he  left  it 
in  charge  with  his  wife,  that  she  should  make  a  further 
donation  to  the  Society,  after  she  had  done  with  his  es- 
tate, and  we  therefore  find  in  her  will  the  following  legacy. 

"Item  5.  And  the  other  moity  of  said  sum  (ie  of  one 
thousand  dollars)  to  the  Newhampshire  Medical  Society  to 
be  applied  by  the  members  thereof  to  the  purposes  best 
calculated  to  promote  the  general  benefits  contemplated  in 
the  establishment  of  said  society." 

His  benevolence  Avas  not  confined  to  this  Society  we  wit- 
ness others  enjoying  his  heavenly  blessings.  Doctor  Brack- 
ett was  a  well  founded  scholar  a  lover  of  the  liberal  arts 
and  sciences:  he  took  much  care  to  store  his  mind  with 
useful  information,  which  it  was  a  pleasure  to  him  to  com- 
municate. 

He  was  much  attached  to  his  Profession  and  his  amiable, 
genteel  and  agreeable  deportment  rendered  him  peculiarly 


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agreeable  to  his  patients.  With  the  rugged  art  of  Surgery- 
he  was  not  so  much  delighted  as  with  the  tranquil  field  of 
physic ;  but  midwifery  was  his  fort ;  here  he  shown  in  all 
his  splendour  and  was  peculiarly  successful.  In  medicine, 
his  motto  was  imitate  nature,  look  at  the  beasts  of  the  fields 
and  imitate  them,  theirs  is  nature  pure  and  undefiled  by 
fashion,  prejudice  or  habit. 

He  never  published  anything  in  medicine,  altho'  he  oc- 
casionally kept  notes  of  extraordinary  cases,  from  which  we 
are  to  attribute  much  of  success  in  practice. 

He  died  on  the  17'*^  of  July  1802,  aged  70  years.  His 
health,  for  some  time,  had  been  much  impaired  by  a 
disease  in  the  region  of  the  heart,  as  to  the  nature  of  which 
he  was  never  fully  satisfied. 

Mrs.  Brackett  was  a  most  amiable,  accomplished  and 
dignified  woman ;  her  mental  endowments  were  inferior 
to  none ;  her  education  and  acquirements  far  surpassed 
any  lady 's  in  the  vicinity  —  with  such  possessions  she 
was  modest  and  unassuming  —  her  favorite  studies  were 
natural  philosophy  and  more  especially  Botany.  She  had 
an  excellent  garden  well  stored  with  choice  and  rare  shrubs, 
plants  and  fruits. 

In  benevolence  she  was  not  surpassed  by  her  husband,  for 
it  was  by  her  will  that  the  Society  realized  the  legacy  of 
500  dollars. 

She  died  on  the  18th  of  May  1805  aged  70  years." 

To  perpetuate  in  the  Newhampshire  Medical  Society 
Library  the  name  of  its  founder 

Resolved,  That  the  name  of  Brackett  shall  be  marked  in 
golden  letters  on  the  covers  of  all  the  books  that  were  pre- 
sented by  him,  or  purchased  by  Mrs.  Brackett 's  legacy  in 
manner  and  form  as  underwritten 

BRACKETT 

to  the 
N.  H.  MED.  SOC. 


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Voted,  That  the  Librarian  be  requested  to  have  the 
books  in  the  Library  marked  agreeably  to  the  foregoing  re- 
solve. 

Chose  D"  Samuel  Tenney,  William  Cutter  and  Lyman 
Spalding  a  committee  for  purchasing  books  the  ensuing 
year,  and  Dr  Tenney  is  hereby  requested  to  inspect  the 
books  in  the  Library  previous  to  the  next  annual  meeting 
of  the  Society. 

Voted,  To  appropriate  one  hundred  dollars  for  the  pur- 
chase of  books  the  ensuing  year 

Voted,  To  accept  D""  Ezra  Green 's  resignation  of  his  fel- 
lowship. 

Voted  to  accept  the  Resolves  of  the  President  and  Coun- 
cil of  the  4th  of  February  AD  1807  as  recorded  in  pages  85, 
6  &  7  of  this  volume  [See  page  57]  and  that  the  same  do 
hereby  be  a  part  of  the  laws  of  the  Society,  excepting  the 
following  words  in  the  V  Resolve  "and  that  he  have  30 
other  volumes." 

Chose  Drs  Levi  Bartlett,  Ebenezer  Lemed  and  Amos 
Gale  a  committee  to  carry  into  effect  the  VII.  of  the  before 
named  Resolves  of  the  President  and  Council. 

The  ballots  for  candidates  on  nomination  were  taken, 
when  it  appeared  that  Doc'  Joshua  Brackett  of  Portsmouth 
and  Doc*^""  Samuel  Morrill  of  Epsom  were  both  unanimously 
elected  Fellows  of  the  Newhampshire  Medical  Society. 

Voted,  That  the  next  meeting  of  the  Society  be  holden  in 
Exeter  on  the  last  Wednesday  of  May  AD  1808  at  such 
house  as  the  Secretary  shall  direct. 

Voted  to  dissolve  this  meeting. 

L  Spalding  Secty 

State  of  ) 

Newhampshire  f  These  may  certify  that  we  the  subscrib- 
ers. Censors  of  the  Center  District  of  the  Newhampshire 
Medical  Society  have  examined  Nathaniel  Rowell  of  said 
State,  a  candidate  for  the  practice  of  physic  &  Surgery 
respecting  his  skill  and  knowledge  therein,   and  having 


Records  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society  65 

found  him  duly  qualified  therefor,  do  in  testimony  of  our 

approbation  hereunto  subscribe  our  names,  at  Hopkinton, 

this  fourth  day  of  June  Anno  Domini  1807 

Signed         Peter  Green      1  _,  _    , 

„,      ^    -r  ,      Censors  oi  the 

iiben"^   Lerned   y^^   ^^   ,^  ^    _, 
TVT         AT-  1,  1     1  N.  H.  Med.  Soe 
Moses  Nichols  J 

State  of  Newhampshire 

These  may  certify  that  we  the  subscribers,  Censors  of  the 
Center  District  of  the  Newhampshire  Medical  Society  have 
examined  Moses  Clement  of  said  State,  a  candidate  for  the 
practice  of  physic  and  Surgery,  respecting  his  skill  and 
knowledge  therein,  and  having  found  him  duly  qualified 
therefor  do  in  testimony  of  our  approbation  hereunto 
subscribe  our  names,  at  Hopkinton,  this  fourth  day  of  June 
AD  1807 

Signed         Peter  Green 


^,  ^  ,  ,  Censors  of  the 

Eben'"   Lerned  >  ^t  tt   ^.t-  ^    o, 

^^.  ,    ,  I  N.  H.  Med.  Soe 
Moses   Nichols 


True  Copies 

A"  L.  Spalding  S«<='^ 


At  the  annual  meeting  of  the  Fellows  of  the  Newhamp- 
shire Medical  Society,  holden  at  Exeter,  at  the  house  of 
Thomas  Folsom,  on  the  last  Wednesday  of  May,  being  the 
25th  day  of  said  month  AD  1808 

Present. 
Hon*"'®  Samuel  Tenney,  vice  President 
D""^     Thomas  S.  Ranney 

Nathan  Smith 

Josiah  Bartlett 

Ebenezer  Lerned 

Joseph  Tilton 

Lyman   Spalding  & 

Joshua  Bracket. 

Meeting  opened  by  the  vice  President,  the  proceedings 
■of  the  last  meeting  having  been  read. 


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Voted  to  choose  a  committee  to  audite  the  Treasurer's 
accounts. 

Chose  Lyman  Spalding  the  above  Com'^ 

The  committee  on  the  Treasurer's  account  reported  in 
words  as  follows 

"I  the  subscriber  have  examined  the  above  account  and 
find  it  right  cast  and  well  vouched;  and  that  there  is  593 
dollars  arrears  due  the  Society,  and  64  dollars  &  sixty  five 
cents  in  the  Treasurer's  hands."  Signed. 

Whereupon  voted  to  accept  the  report. 

At  three  oclock  the  Vice  President  took  the  chair  and  the 
Society  proceeded  to  the  choice  of  officers  for  the  current 
year. 

Chose  Josiah  Bartlett,  Ebenezer  Lemed  and  Joshua 
Bracket  Scrutineers 

At  four  oclock,  the  poll  having  been  closed,  the  scruti- 
neers reported  that  the  Society  had  made  choice  of 

Ammi  R.  Cutter  M.  D.     President 
Nathan  Smith  M.  D.     vice  President 
Drs.     Levi  Bartlett  ] 

Thomas  S.   Ranney 
Ebenezer  Lerned        \-  Counsellors 
Joseph  Tilton  &  | 

Lyman  Spalding         I 
Lyman  Spalding,  M.  D.     Secretary 
D""  Thomas  S.  Ranney     Treasurer. 
D^^     Nathan   Smith       ] 
William  Cutter      | 
Lyman  Spalding    I  Censors 
Ebenezer   Lerned 
John  Fogg  &  I 

Ezra  Bartlett         J 
Hon'''®  Samuel  Tenney,     Librarian 
D""  Ebenezer  Lerned,  Deputy  Librarian 
D*"  Thomas  S.  Ranney,  Committee  on  the  Library, 


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to  inspect  the  same  previous  to  the  next  annual  meeting 
of  the  Society. 

D""  William  Cutter  proposed  James  H.  Pierrepont  of 
Portsmouth  to  become  a  Fellow  D""  Ebenezer  Lerned  pro- 
posed Matthias  Spalding  of  Amherst  and  Dan  Hough  of 
Henniker  to  become  Fellows,  which  were  read  by  the  Sec- 
retary with  the  approbation  of  the  Counsellors  and  placed 
in  the  hall  during  the  meeting. 

The  following  gentlemen  were  appointed  honourary  Fel- 
lows of  the  Xewhampshire  Medical  Society 

James  Sims,  M.  D.  Preses  Lond.  Med.  Soc.  Greatbritain 
Edward  Jenner,  M.  D.,  Cheltenham  Great  Britain 
David  Ramsay,  ^M.  D.  Charleston,  South  Carolina 
Benjamin  Rush,  M.  D.  Philadelphia,  Penn. 
John  Warren,  M.  D.  Boston,  Mss. 
Benjamin  Waterhouse,  M.  D.  Cambridge  Mss. 
Samuel  L.  Mitchell,  M.  D.  New  York 
Joshua  Fisher  M.  D.  Beverly  Mss. 
Edward  A.  Holyoke  M.  D.  Salem,  Mss. 
Henry  Wells,  ^1.  D.  Montague,  Mss. 

D""  Josiah  Bartlett  ex  Librarian  read  an  elaborate  report 
on  the  Library,  and  on  the  propriety  of  establishing  a 
manufactory  of  mineral  waters  &c.  whereupon 

Voted  to  refer  the  same  to  the  President  and  Council. 

Voted  to  appropriate  sixty  dollars  for  the  purchase  of 
books  and  the  mineral  water  &  establishment  as  contem- 
plated by  the  above  report. 

The  committee  for  purchasing  books  for  1806  &  7  re- 
ported as  follows,  \iz 

"that  during  the  above  term  they  had  purchased  the 
following  books  for  the  Library. 

1806 
Nos.  3  &  4  Vol  III  Hexade  2nd  j 

Nos.  1  &  2  Vol  IV  Hexade  2nd  j  Medical  Repos       2.50 
1st  Vol.  Barton's  Medical  &  Physical  Journal  2.25 

Bree  on  disordered  respiration  1  vol  8vo  2.25 


68         Records  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society 

London  Med  &  Phys.  Journal  vols.  14,  15  &  16  $15.75 

Assilini  on  the  plague  1  vol  8vo  1.00 

Senae  on  fevers  1  vol  8vo  2.00 

Fox  on  teething  1st  vol  4to  7.00 

Nos.  1,  2  &  3  col.  Ill  Medical  Museum  1.87- 

1807 

Alibert  on  Intermittents  8vo  2.50 

No.  4  vol  III  &  No.  1  Vol  IV  Medical  Museum  1.25 

London  Medical  &  Physical  Journal  17'**  vol.  5.25 

Woodvill's  Medical  botany  4  vols.  4to  24.00 

Medical  Review  for  1807.  1  vol.  8vo  3.50 

Abemethy's  Surgical  observations  3.75 

Chrichton  on  mental  derangement  2  vols  8vo  5.50 

Heberden's  Commentaries  3.25 

Haygarth's  Clinical  histy^  of  diseases  1.75 

Home  on  strictures  in  the  urethra  2  vols  5.12^ 

Keighton  on  family  medicine  2.00 
Nos.  3  &  4  vol.  IV  Hex  II  &  1  &  2  Vol.  V  do. 

Repository  2.50 
Willan  on  Cutaneous  diseases  1st,  2  &  3  orders      18.00 

"Witherings  Botany  4  vol.  8vo  14.00 

Cruickshanks  anat.  absorbent  system  6.00 

The  Secretary  read  a  letter  from  the  Committee  of  the 
Massachusetts  Medical  Society,  which  was  accompanied  by 
a  copy  of  the  Massachusetts  Pharmacopoeia  as  a  present 
to  the  Newhampshire  Medical  Society;  whereupon 

Voted,  that  the  thanks  of  the  Newhampshire  ]\Iedical 
Society  be  presented  to  the  Massachusetts  Medical  Society 
for  the  present  of  their  Pharmacopoeia;  and  ordered,  that 
the  President  and  Council  of  the  Newhampshire  ]\Iedical 
Society  examine  the  Massachusetts  Pharmacopoeia  and  re- 
port if  in  their  opinion  it  ought  to  be  adopted  by  this 
Society. 

A  vote  of  the  Eastern  District  of  the  Newhampshire 
Medical  Society  was  read  and  the  further  consideration  of 
it  postponed. 


Records  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society  69 

Drs.  Smith  and  Lerned  were  chosen  a  committee  to  at- 
tend to  the  Society's  matters  before  the  Legislature. 

Voted  that  the  next  meeting  of  the   Society  shall  be 
holden  in  Exeter  on  the  last  Wednesday  of  May  AD  1809 

Voted  that  the  Librarian  have  ten  dollars  for  his  ser- 
vices for  the  ensuing  year 

Voted  to  dissolve  this  meeting. 

L.  Spalding,  Secty. 

Honorary  Fellow's  Certificate. 


L.  S. 


The  President  and  Fellows  of  the  Newhampshire 
Medical  Society. 


By  these  presents  testify,  that  Mr. 

M.  D.  by  reason  of  his  great  knowledge  in  the  science  of 
medicine,  has  been  appointed  an  honorary  Fellow  of  their 
Society;  in  full  confidence  that  his  communications  will 
do  them  much  honour. 

In  testimony  whereof  the  seal  of  the  Society  has  been 
hereunto  affixed,  and  the  signature  of  the  Secretary  added, 
at  Portsmouth,  May  —  AD  180 

L.        S.        Secty. 


Letter. 

Dear  Sir.  I  have  the  honour  to  inform  you  that  you 
have  been  appointed  an  honorary  Fellow  of  the  New- 
hampshire Medical  Society;  and  I  do  myself  the  pleasure 
to  inclose  your  certificate  of  membership. 

I  am  directed  by  the  Society  to  say,  that  communica- 
tions from  you  on  medical  subjects  and  the  auxiliary 
branches  of  that  science  will  be  peculiarly  pleasing  to  them. 
I  have  the  honour  to  be  your  most  obt.  serv'. 

L.  S.     M.  S.  S. 


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State  of  ) 

Newhampshire  C  These  may  certify  that  we  the  subscrib- 
ers, Censors  of  the  Newhampshire  INIedical  Society,  have 
examined  Joseph  Eastman  a  candidate  for  the  practice  of 
Physic  and  Surgery,  respecting  his  skill  and  knowledge 
therein  and  having  fonnd  him  duly  qualified  therefor,  do  in 
testimony  of  our  approbation  hereunto  subscribe  our 
names  at  Concord  this  Second  day  of  June  AD  1808. 

Signed  Nathan  Smith        )   Censors  of  the 

Ebenezer  Lerned   C  N.  H.  Med.  Soc. 


State  of  ^ 
Newhampshire  i  These  may  certify  that  we  the  subscribers, 
Censors  of  the  Eastern  district  of  the  Newhampshire  Medi- 
cal Society,  have  examined  William  Gordon  of  the  State  of 
Masachustts,  a  candidate  for  the  practice  of  physick  and 
Surgery,  respecting  his  skill  and  knowledge  therein,  and 
having  found  him  duly  qualified  therefor,  do  in  testiminy 
of  our  approbation  hereunto  subscribe  our  names,  at  Ports- 
mouth this  14th  day  of  dec-"  1804 

W™  Cutter     ^   Censors  of  the 
L.  Spalding  J  N.  H.  Med.  Soc. 

At  the  annual  meeting  of  the  Newhampshire  Medical 
Society  held  at  Exeter  at  the  house  of  Benjamin  Leavitt, 
on  the  last  Wednesday  of  May  1809,  being  the  31st  day  of 
said  month 

Present 
Ammi  R.  Cutter,  M.  D.,  President 
Nathan  Smith,  M.  D.  vice  President 

At  the  annual  meeting  of  the  Newhampshire  Medical 
Society  held  at  Exeter  at  the  house  of  Benjamin  Leavitt 
on  the  last  Wednesday  of  may  1809,  being  the  31^'  day  of 
said  month. 


Records  New  Hampshire  Medicjvl  Society  71 

Present 
Ammi  R.  Cutter,  M.  D.  President 
Nathan  Smith,  M.  D.  Vice  President 
Samuel   Tenney. 
Joseph  Tilton. 
Josiah   Bartlett. 
John  Fogg. 
Lyman  Spalding. 
Thomas  S.  Ranney 
Joshua  Brackett. 
Edmond  Chadwiek. 
Thomas  Sargent. 
Samuel  Morrill. 

Jabez  Dow  and  Jonathan  Greeley,  as  petitioners. 

Meeting  opened  by  the  President 

The  Secretary  read  the  proceedings  of  the  last  meeting 
of  the  Society. 

Voted  to  accept  Eleven  dollars  of  the  heirs  of  Doct. 
Philip  Carrigan  as  full  payment  for  all  arrears  due  from 
him  to  the  Society,  and  that  the  Treasurer  give  the  heirs 
a  receipt  in  full — 

At  three  Oclock  the  President  took  the  chair  and  the 
Society  proceeded  to  the  choice  of  Officers  for  the  current 
year 

Chose  Josiah  Bartlett,  Samuel  Tenney  and  Thomas  Sar- 
gent, Scrutineers. 

At  four  Oclock,  the  poll  having  been  closed  the  Scruti- 
neers reported  that  the  Society  had  made  choice  of 

Ammi  R.   Cutter,  M.  D.  President 
Nathan  Smith,  M.  D.  Vice  President 
Drs.     Levi  Bartlett 

Thomas  S.  Ranney 

Ebenezer  Lerned 

Joseph  Tilton  & 

William  Cutter 


>  Counsellors 


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72         Records  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society 

Lyman  Spalding,  ]\I.  D.  Secretary. 
Dr.  Thomas  S.  Ranney,  Treasurer. 
Drs.     Nathan  Smith 

William  Cutter 

Lyman  Spalding 

Ebenezer  Lerned 

John  Fogg  and 

Ezra  Bartlett 
Honble.  Samuel  Tenney,  Librarian 

Dr.  Ebenezer  Lerned,  Deputy  Librarian 

Choose  Dr.  T.  S.  Ranney,  committee  on  the  Library 
Dr.  Samuel  Tenney,  committee  to  settle  the  treasurer's 

accounts  for  the  ensuing  year. 

The  Committee  on  the  Treasurer's  accounts  reports  that" 
"The  subscriber  has  examined  the  above  account  and 

finds   it  right  cast  and  well   vouched  and  that  there  is 

626  32-100  dollars  arrears  due  the  Society  and  two  dollars 

and  fifty  cents  due  the  Treasurer. 

Signed        L.  Spalding,  Com^^^" 

Voted  to  accept  the  above  report. 

Voted  that  the  Treasurer  have  leave  to  charge  the  So- 
ciety with  thirteen  dollars  he  having  taken  that  sum  (for 
moneys  due  the  Society)  in  bills  which  appear  to  be  coun- 
terfeited bills. 

The  ballots  for  candidates  on  nomination  were  taken 
when  it  appeared  that  Drs.  James  H.  Pierrepont,  of  Ports- 
mouth, 

Matthias  Spalding,  of  Amherst  & 

Dan  Hough  of  Keene  were  unanimously  elected  Fellows 
of  the  Newhampshire  Medical  Society. 

Doc^  Nathan  Smith  proposes  Edmond  Carlton  of  Haver- 
hill, Asa  Crosby  of  Sandwich,  Samuel  Gerrish  of  Sanborn- 
ton  to  become  Fellows  of  the  Newhampshire  Medical  So- 
ciety. Doc*  Josiah  Bartlett  proposes  Seth  Fogg,  of  Deer- 
field  to  become  a  Fellow  of  the  Newhampshire  Medical 
Society. 


Records  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society  73 

Doc^  Samuel  Tenney  proposes  Robert  Berkley  &  George 
Farrar,  both  of  Londonderry  to  become  Fellows  of  the  New- 
hampshire  Medical  Society.  Samuel  Morril  proposes  Ben- 
jamin Kelley  of  Gilmanton  to  become  a  Fellow  of  the  New- 
hampshire  Medical  Society.  All  of  which  were  read  by 
the  Secretary,  with  their  annexed  approbation  of  the  Coun- 
sellors and  placed  in  the  hall  during  the  meeting. 

In  conformity  with  a  vote  of  the  Society  the  President 
and  Council  of  the  Newhampshire  Medical  Society  Report 

"That  they  have  carefully  and  attentively  examined  the 
Pharmacopoeia  of  the  Massachusetts  Medical  Society,  which 
was  by  the  said  Society  presented  to  the  Newhampshire 
Midical  Society,  and  are  of  the  opinion  that  it  is  the  best 
and  most  correct  Pharmacopoeia  now  extant,  and  that  the 
Fellow^s  of  this  Society  ought  to  adopt  the  use  thereof  in 
preference  to  any  other,  and  to  reccommend  the  use  of  it 
to  all  the  Physicians  and  apothecaries  in  the  State,  that 
there  may  be  but  one  mode  of  pharmaceutical  prepara- 
tions. ' ' 

Whereupon  Voted  to  accept  the  above  report  of  the  Presi- 
dent and  Council. 

Voted,  That  every  Thesis  written  by  a  candidate  at  his 
examination  before  the  Censors  of  this  Society;  every  dis- 
sertation delivered  before  the  Society,  and  every  communi- 
cation made  to  the  same,  shall  be  written  on  Quarto  post 
paper  of  the  following  dimensions,  viz,  ten  inches  in  length 
and  eight  inches  in  breadth,  leaving  one  inch  inner  margin 
on  the  heel  of  the  paper  to  admit  of  binding. 

Voted,  That  the  Secretary  cause  all  Theses,  Disserta- 
tions and  communications  made  to  the  Society  on  paper  of 
the  above  dimensions  to  be  bound  in  volumes  of  about  300 
pages  each ;  to  be  paged  and  indexed  in  .the  order  they 
were  filed  in  this  office. 

Voted,  That  the  Secretary  communicate  the  foregoing 
votes  to  each  and  every  Censor  immediately  on  his  appoint- 
ment, to  the  Notaries  of  the  District  Societies,  and  to  every 
Fellow  of  this  Society  for  their  government. 


74         Records  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society 

Voted,  That  the  Secretary  receive  of  each  candidate  two 
dollars  for  signing,  sealing  and  recording  his  letters  tes- 
timonial. 

Voted,  That  all  books  &c  which  have  been  or  may  here- 
after be  purchased  by  any  District  Society,  shall  be  con- 
find  in  their  circulation  to  the  associates  of  that  district. 

Voted,  That  the  Librarian  be  requested  to  keep  the  books 
belonging  to  the  Society  bound  and  lettered. 

Voted,  That  Nathan  Smith  be  authorized  to  call  a  meet- 
ing of  the  Fellows  and  associates  in  the  Western  District 
Society. 

Voted,  That  the  Western  District  Society  be  authorized 
to  admit  twelve  associates. 

Voted,  That  no  person  shall  be  elected  an  associate  of  any 
district  Society  in  this  State  who  is  not  of  a  good  moral 
character,  and  who  has  not  been  two  years  a  practitioner 
for  himself,  and  who  entering  into  the  practise  after  the 
year  1794  shall  not  have  received  a  medical  degree  from 
some  University  or  the  regular  letters  testimonial  of  the 
Xewhampshire  or  some  other  Medical  Society,  after  an  ex- 
amination, and  who  is  not  twenty  three  years  of  age ;  but 
younger  deserving  characters  shall  be  encouraged  and  as- 
sisted in  every  thing  consistent  with  propriety. 

Voted,  That  no  associate,  shall  be  admitted  a  Fellow,  who 
entered  the  practise  after  the  year  1794  unless  he  has  a 
medical  degree  or  the  regular  letters  testimonial  of  the 
Xewhampshire  or  some  other  medical  Society. 

Chose  Drs.  Smith,  Tenney  and  Spalding  a  Committee  on 
mineral  waters 

Chose  Drs.  Spalding  and  Pierrepont  a  Committee  to 
purchase  books 

The  Committee  for  purchasing  books  for  the  last  year 
reported  that  they  had  purchased  the  following  books  for 
the 

Library 

John  and  Charles  Bell's  anatomy  4  vols.  8  vo $20.00 

Charles  Bell's  engravings  of  the  arteries  8vo  7.00 


Kecords  New  Hampshire  IMedicvl  Society  75 

Charles  Bell's  engraviugs  of  the  brain  4to  $12.00 

Charles  Bell's  engravings  of  the  nerves  4to  6.00 

Charles  Bell's  operative  Surgery  1st  vol.  8vo  6.00 

Harty  on  dysentary  1vol.  8vo  3.00 

JMedical  Kepository  3rd  &  4th  nos.  vol.  5  Hexade  II) 

1st  &  2nd  nos.  vol.  6th  Hexade  II  \      2.25 

Russell  on  necrosis  1  vol.   12mo 1.25 

Shattucks  Boylston  prize  Questions  1  vol  8vo  1.25 

Burn's  anatomy  of  the  Gravid  Uterus  8vo  1.50 

Burns  on  abortion  1  vol.  12mo 0.75 

New  York  Med.  &  Philos.  Journal  1st  No.  8  vo 0.75 

They  also  report  that  it  appears 
the  following  books  have  been  heretofore 
purchased  and  not  reported  to  the  Society. 
Burserius  medical  Institutes  4th  &  5tli  vols.  8vo  5.00 

Hey's  Surgery  8vo  3.50 

Boyer  on  diseases  of  the  bones  8vo  4.00 

Jolm  Bell's  principles  of  Surgery  2vols  4to  60.00 

Pharmacopoeia  of  the  Mss.  Med.  Soc.  presented  1.00 

Voted  that  the  next  meeting  of  the  Society  shall  be  held 
in  Exeter  on  the  last  Wednesday  of  May  1810 

Meeting  dissolved 

L.  Spalding  Secty. 

At  the  annual  meeting  of  the  Xewhampshire  Medical  So- 
ciety held  at  Exeter  at  the  house  of  Benjamin  Leavitt,  on 
the  last  "Wednesday  of  May,  being  the  30th  day  of  said 
month,  AD  1810. 

Present. 
A.  R.  Cutter,  M.  D.,  President 
Samuel  Tenney 
Joseph  Tilton 
Josiah  Bartlett 
Thomas  S.  Ranney 
Samuel  Foster 
James  H.  Pierrepont 
Matthias  Spalding 


76         Records  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society 

Lyman  Spalding 

John  Fogg 

Josiah  Lane,  a  petitioner 

Meeting  opened  by  the  President 

The  Secretary  read  the  proceedings  of  the  last  meeting 
of  the  Society. 

Voted,  That  the  Secretary  write  to  each  Fellow  of  this 
Society,  who  for  years  has  neither  attended  the  meetings 
of  the  Society,  nor  paid  his  dues,  requesting  him  to  trans- 
mit to  the  Treasurer  whatever  sum  may  be  due  from  him, 
and  inform  the  Society  whether  he  wish  to  be  considered  a 
Fellow  or  not. 

The  Committee  on  the  Treasurer's  account  reports  as  fol- 
lows, viz. 

"Exeter,  May  30,  1810. 

The  subscriber  has  examined  the  above  account  and  finds 
it  right  cast  and  well  vouched  and  that  there  are  $654.32^ 
arrears,  due  the  Society,  and  five  dollars  and  45  cents  due 
the  Treasurer." 

Signed  Sam'  Tenney,  Com*. 

Voted  to  accept  the  above  report  of  the  Committee. 

Voted,  That  at  each  annual  meeting  of  the  Society  there 
shall  be  chosen  by  ballot  a  Fellow  to  deliver  an  oration  at 
12  Oelock  on  the  day  of  the  next  annual  meeting,  and  in 
ease  of  non  acceptance,  the  President  is  hereby  authorized 
to  make  a  new  appointment. 

At  three  Oelock  the  President  took  the  chair  and  the  So- 
ciety proceeded  to  the  choice  of  officers  for  the  current  year. 

Chose  Joseph  Tilton,  Josiah  Bartlett  and  Matthias  Spald- 
ing, Scrutineers. 

At  four  oelock  the  poll  having  been  closed,  the  Scrutineers 
reported  that  the  Society  had  made  choice  of 

Ammi  R.  Cutter,  M.  D.,  President 
Nathan  Smith,  M.  D.,  Vice  President 


Records  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society 


>■  Counsellors 


•  Censors 


Drs.     Joseph  Tilton 
Josiah  Bartlett, 
Ebenezer  Lerned, 
William  Cutter, 
James  H.  Pierrepont 
Lyman  Spalding,  M.  D.,  Secretary 
Honb^^  Samuel  Tenney,  Treasurer 
Dr.     William  Cutter 
Ezra  Bartlett 
Lyman  Spalding 
Ebenezer  Lerned 
John  Fogg 
Matthias    Spalding 
Honble.   Samuel   Tenney,   Librarian 
D""  Ebenezer  Lerned,  Deputy  Librarian 
Nathan  Smith,  M.  D.,  Orator  for  1811. 

At  the  first  report  of  the  Scrutineers,  it  appeared  that 
D""  Thomas  S.  Ranney  had  been  unanimously  elected  Treas- 
urer, but  he  declining,  the  Honble.  Samuel  Tenney  was 
chosen  in  his  stead. 

Voted,  That  the  thanks  of  the  Newharapshire  Medical 
Society  be  presented  to  D""  T.  S.  Ranney  for  his  faithful 
and  prudential  services  as  Treasurer  for  sixteen  years. 

Chose  D""  Josiah  Bartlett,  Committee  on  the  Treasurer's 
accounts. 

Chose  D""  Joseph  Tilton,  Committee  on  the  Library 

Chose  D""^  Smith,  Tenney  and  Spalding  a  committee  on 
mineral  waters. 

The  ballots  for  candidates  on  nomination  were  taken, 
when  it  appeared  that 

Edmund  Carlton,  M.  D.,  of  Haverhill 
Asa  Crosby  of  Sandwich, 
Seth  Fogg  of  Deerfield, 
Robert  Berkley,  of  Londonderry,  and 
George    Farrar,    of    Londonderry,     were    unanimously 
elected  Fellows  of  this  Societv. 


78         Records  New  Hampshire  ]\Iedical  Society 

Voted,  To  postpone  balloting  for  Benjamin  Kelley  of  Gil- 
manton. 

Caspar  Wistar,  M.  D.,  Philadelphia, 

Benjamin  S.  Barton,  M.  D.,  do. 

Philip  _S.  Physick,  M.  D.        do. 

John  R.  Cone,  M.  D.  do. 

John  S.  Dorsey,  M.  D.  die. 

Wright  Post,  M.  D.,  of  New  York,  and 

Edward  Miller,  M.  D.         do. 
were  all  unanimously  elected  were  elected  honorary  Fel- 
lows of  the  Newhampshire  Medical  Society,  having  been 
nominated  by  D""  Lyman  Spalding. 

C".  Smith  proposes  Josiah  Lane,  and  Jonathan  Greeley  of 
Dover,  to  become  Fellows  of  the  Newhampshire  Medical 
Society. 

D".  Smith  &  E.  Bartlett  propose 

Erastus   Torry   of   Cornish, 

Daniel  Adams  of  Keene  & 

Amos  Twitchell  of  Marlboro,  to  become  Fellows  of  the 
Society.  All  of  which  were  read  by  the  Secretary,  with 
their  annexed  approbation  by  the  Counsellors,  and  placed 
in  the  hall  during  the  meeting. 

D""  Lane  presented  a  petition  from  sundry  physicians  in 
Strafford  County,  praying  that  they  may  be  made  a  Dis- 
trict   Medical   Society. 

Whereupon,  Voted,  That  the  petitioners  from  Strafford 
Medical  Association  have  leave  to  withdraw  their  petition; 
It  being  a  law  of  the  Society,  which  they  are  not  disposed 
to  dispense  with,  that  no  person  entering  into  the  prac- 
tice of  medicine  since  the  year  1794  shall  be  eligible  as  a 
Fellow  or  associate,  who  has  not  a  medical  degree  or  has 
not  passed  an  examination  before  the  Newhampshire  or 
some  other  medical  Society. 

Voted,  That  the  next  meeting  of  the  Society  shall  be 
held  at  Exeter  on  the  last  Wednesday  of  INIay,  1811. 

Voted  to  accept  the  report  of  the  Committee  on  the  pur- 
chase of  books,  which  report  is  in  words  as  follows,  viz. 


Records  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society  79 

The  Committee  on  the  purchase  of  books  beg  leave  to  re- 
port that  during  the  last  year  they  have  purchased  the  fol- 
lowing 

Wilson  on  febrile  diseases  2  vols  8vo  $7.50 

Principles  of  Surgery,  J.  Bell's,  Vol.  3d  4to  17.00 
New  York  Medical  &  Philosophical  Journal 

and  Review  N°.  2.  Vol.  I.  &  No.  1  Vol.  II  1.50 
Barton 's  Medical  &  Physical  Journal  1 

Part  II.  Vol.  II,  Part  I.  Vol.  Ill        )-  2.00 

and  second  supplement J 

Medical  Repository  N"  4  of  Vol.  6  Hexade  II) 

Nos.  1,  2,  &  3  of  Vol.  I.  Hexade  III.            \  2.00 
Medical  Communications  of  the                       1 

Massachusetts  Medical  Society                       I  1.75 

Vol.  1,  and  part  I  of  Vol.  2,  &  3  of  Vol.  II  J 

Jackson's  remarks  on  Brown's  System               .  0.3714 

Scoffield  on  Cowpox  small  8vo  1.00 

Richrand's  Physiology  1  vol.  8vo  2.50 
Philadelphia  Medical  Museum                          1 

Nos.  2,  3  &  4  Vol.  4th  and  Vols.  5th  &  6th  \  5.50 

Percivals  medical  Ethics  12mo  1.00 

Blumenbach's  comparative  anat.  1  vol.  8vo  3.75 

Cooper's  Surgery  1  vol.  8vo  3.00 

Burns'  Midwifery  1  vol.  8vo  Chapman's  3.00 

Bischat's  physiological  researches  1  vol.  8vo  2.00 

Henry's  Chemistry  1  vol.  8vo  3.50 

They  also  report  that  the  following  books  have  been  here- 
tofore purchased  but  not  reported  to  the  Society. 
Bell  John  on  wounds  1  vol.  8vo  6.00 

Barton's  Botany  1  vol.  8vo  6.00 

Cleghorn  's  diseases  of  minorea  1  vol.  8vo 
Beddoes'  domestic  treatise  on  Consumption 
&  foxglove  1  vol  8vo 

Meeting  dissolved 

Attest        L.  Spalding 


80         Records  New  Hampshire  IMedical  Society 

State  of  Newhampshire. 

These  may  certify  that  we  the  subscribers,  Censors  of  the 
Newhampshire  Medical  Society,  have  examined  Mr.  John 
French  a  candidate  for  the  practice  of  Physick  and  Sur- 
gery, respecting  his  skill  and  knowledge  therein,  and  having 
found  him  duly  qualified  therefor,  do  in  testimony  of  our 
approbation  thereunto  Subscribe  our  names,  at  Ports- 
mouth this  29th  day  of  May  Anno  Domini  1810. 

Signed  W""  Cutter    ^   Censors  of  the 

L.  Spalding  J  N.  H.  Med.  Soc. 

State  of  Newhampshire. 
These  may  certify  that  we  the  subscribers,  Censors  of  the 
Newhampshire  Medical  Society,  have  examined  Mr.  Thomas 
Whipple,  a  candidate  for  the  practice  of  Physick  and  Sur- 
gery, respecting  his  skill  and  knowledge  therein,  and  hav- 
ing found  him  duly  qualified  therefor,  do  in  testimony  of 
our  approbation  hereunto  subscribe  our  names,  at  Ports- 
mouth this  21st  day  of  July  Anno  Domini  1810. 

Signed  W™  Cutter     |   Censors  of  the 

L.  Spalding  \  N.  H.  Med.  Soc. 
True  copy  L.  Spalding,  Secty. 


State  of  Newhampshire 
This  may  certify  that  we  the  subscribers.  Censors  of  the 
Newhampshire  Medical  Society,  have  examined  Peter  Bart- 
lett  a  candidate  for  the  Practice  of  Phj'sic  and  Surgery 
respecting  his  skill  and  knowledge  therein,  and  having 
found  him  duly  qualified  therefor,  do  in  testimony  of  our 
approbation  hereunto  subscribe  our  names  at  Concord  this 
6th  day  of  June  1810. 

Signed  Matthias  Spalding  |   Censors  of  the 

Ebenezer  Lerned     (  N.  H.  Med.  Soc. 
True  copy     L.  Spalding,  Secty. 


State  of  Newhampshire 
These  may  certify  that  we  the  subscribers,  Censors  of 
the  Newhampshire  Medical  Society  have  examined  Moses 


Records  New  Hampshire  Medical,  Society  81 

Long  j"".  a  candidate  for  the  practice  of  Physic  and  Sur- 
gery and  having  found  him  duly  qualified  therefor,  do  in 
testimony  of  our  approbation  hereunto  subscribe  our  names 
a.t  Concord  this  6th  day  of  June  1810 

Signed  Ebenezer  Lerned     )   Censors  of  the 

Matthias  Spalding   (  N.  H.  Med.  Soc. 
True  copy     L.  Spalding,  Secty. 


Diploma 
"Newhampshire  Medical  Society 

Greeting. 
We  have  elected 
:an  ingenious  and  learned  man,  who  has  seduclously  applied 
himself  to  the  cultivation  of  Medical  Science  and  general 
literature,  a  Fellow  (or  an  honorary  Fellow)  of  our  So- 
ciety, and  invested  him  with  all  the  rights  and  privileges 
thereunto  belonging. 

In  testimony  whereof  the  seal  of  our 
Society  has  been  hereunto  affixed,  and 
the  signature  of  the  Secretary  added 
at  Portsmouth,  this  first  day  of  June 
AD  181 

Secretary. ' ' 
Copy  of  letter — 

' '  Portsmouth  &c 
Sir, 

I  have  the  honour  to  inform  you,  that  at  a  meeting  held 
the  last  Wednesday  of  may,  you  were  unanimously  elected 
an  honorary  Fellow  of  the  Newhampshire  Medical  Society. 
As  an  individual,  permit  me  Sir,  to  express  the  great  sat- 
isfaction I  feel,  in  conveying  to  you  the  sentiments  of  the 
.Society. 

I  have  the  honour  to  be, 
Sir,  your  most  obedient 
humble  servant 
L.  S." 

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"Portsmouth  &c 
Sir, 

I  have  the  honour  to  inform  you,  that  at  a  meeting  held 
the  last  Wednesday  of  may,  you  were  unanimously  elected 
a  Fellow  of  the  Newhampshire  Medical  Society. 

The  duty,  which  I  execute  with  great  pleasure,  has  de- 
volved on  me  to  forward  your  Diploma  and  a  copy  of  our 
laws;  and  at  the  same  time  to  ask  you,  to  make  known  to 
the  Society  your  acceptance  or  non  acceptance  of  the  Fel- 
lowship. 

As  an  individual  permit  me  Sir,  to  express  the  satisfac- 
tion I  feel,  in  conveying  to  you  the  sentiments  of  the  So- 
ciety. 

I  have  the  honor  to  be 
Sir,  your  most  obedient 
humble  servant, 
L.  S." 

At  the  annual  meeting  of  the  Newhampshire  Medical  So- 
ciety held  at  Exeter  at  the  house  of  Benjamin  Leavitt,  on 
the  last  Wednesday  of  may,  being  the  29th  day  of  said 
month,  AD  1811. 

Present. 

A.  R.  Cutter,  M.  D.,  President. 

Nathan  Smith,  M.  D.,  Vice  President 

Joseph  Tilton 

Josiah  Bartlett 

J.  H.  Pierrepont 

Lyman  Spalding 

Samuel  Tenney 

Edmond  Chadwick  • 

Asa  Crosby 

Robert  Berkley 

Joshua  Brackett 

Seth  Fogg 

George  Farrar 

Samuel  Morrill 


Records  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society  83 

Thomas  Sargent 
Tho^  S.  Ranney 

Meeting  opened  by  the  President 

The  Seeretarj^  read  the  proceedings  of  the  last  meeting 
of  the  Society 

Voted  to  proceed  to  the  election  of  candidates  on  nomi- 
nation. 

Benjamin  Kelley  of  Gilmanton,  Josiah  Lane  of  Mere- 
dith, &  Jonathan  Greeley  of  Dover  were  unanimously 
elected  Fellows  of  the  Society. 

Voted  to  postpone  balloting  for  the  other  candidates  on 
nomination. 

The  Orator  of  the  day,  D"".  Smith,  read  several  communi- 
cations, viz.  on  the  pathology  &  physiology  of  arteries,  on 
the  spontaneous  stopping  of  hemorrhage  in  wounded  ar- 
teries, on  spontaneous  hemorrhage  and  on  an  artificial 
joint  in  the  thigh  bone  cured  by  an  operation. 

Doctors  Benjamin  Jones,  Benjamin  Rowe  and  Nathan^ 
Kidder  having  informed  the  Society  that  they  declined  ac- 
cepting the  Fellowship  which  this  Society  has  been  pleased 
to  honour  them  with 

Voted  that  the  Treasurer  have  leave  to  charge  the  So- 
ciety with  the  sum  of  eighty  eight  dollars,  the  amount  of 
arrears  apparently  due  from  the  beforenamed  Fellows,  and 
that  their  Fellowship  cease. 

Voted  that  the  Treasurer  have  leave  to  charge  the  So- 
ciety with  thirty  eight  dollars,  the  arrears  due  from  D' 
John  Preston,  who  has  been  dead  a  number  of  years. 

Doc\  Benjamin  Page  having  requested  a  dismission  from 
the  Society 

Voted  to  grant  his  request. 

At  three  O'clock  the  President  took  the  chair  and  the 
Society  proceeded  to  the  choice  of  officers  for  the  current 
year. 

Chose  D".  J.  H.  Pierrepont,  Seth  Fogg,  and  Josiah  Lane, 
Scrutineers. 


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84  Records  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society 

At  four  Oclock,  the  poll  having  been  closed,  the  Scruti- 
neers reported  that  the  Society  had  made  choice  of 
Ammi  R.  Cutter,  M.  D.,  President 
Nathan  Smith,  M.  D.,  Vice  President 
D".     Joseph  Tilton  ] 

Josiah  Bartlett 

T.  S.  Ranney  I  Counsellors 

Thomas  Sargent  & 
John   Fogg  J 

Lyman  Spalding,  M.  D.,  Secretary 
Hon'''''  Samuel  Tenney,  Treasurer 
D^^     William  Cutter 
Ebenezer  Lerned 
J.  H.  Pierrepont 
Matthias   Spalding 
Samuel  Morrill  & 
Asa  Crosby 
D^  Joshua  Brackett,  Librarian 
Dr.  Peter  Green,  Deputy  Librarian 
Honble  Josiah  Bartlett,  Orator  for  1812. 

Voted,  that  the  law  respecting  elections  be  so  far  dis- 
pensed with,  as  to  proceed  to  the  election  of  the  remain- 
ing candidates  on  nomination 
Doct.     Erastus  Torry  of  Cornish 
Daniel  Adams  of  Keene  and 
Amos  Twitchell  of  Keene  were 
unanimously  elected  Fellows  of  the  Society. 

Doc^  Smith  proposed  George  C.  Shattuck,  M.  D.  Boston 

D"".  Spalding  proposed  J.  C.  Warren,  M.  D.  Boston 

D"".  Bartlett  proposed  W".  Ingalls,  M.  D.  Boston 

D"".  Pierrepont  proposed  John  Goreham,  ]\I.  D.  Boston 

D"".  Brackett  proposed  James  Jackson,  M.  D.  Boston 

to  become  honorary  Fellows  of  the  Newhampshire  Medical 

Society,  all  of  whom  were  unanimously  elected. 

Voted,  that  it  is  expedient  and  conducive  to  the  good 


Records  New  Hampshire  Medical,  Society  85 

government  of  this  Society  that  a  District  Society  be  formed 
in  the  County  of  Strafford. 

Voted,  That  the  fellows  and  associates  now  resident 
within  of  said  County  be  and  hereby  are  formed  into  a 
District  Society  to  be  known  by  the  name  of  the  ''Strafford 
District  of  the  Newhampshire  Medical  Society"  to  be  amen- 
able  to  all  the  laws  and  regulations  of  the  Newhampshire 
Medical  Society. 

Voted,  That  D''.  Asa  Crosby  be  and  hereby  is  authorized 
to  call  the  first  meeting  of  said  Strafford  District  Society. 

Voted,  That  no  persons  shall  be  eligible  as  an  associate 
in  any  District  of  the  Newhampshire  Medical  Society, 
who  is  not  twenty  three  years  of  age,  of  a  good  moral  char- 
acter, and  has  not  been  a  practitioner  for  himself  at  least 
three  years — and  not  even  then  unless  he  shall  have  had  a 
medical  degree  from  some  University,  the  regular  letters 
testimonial  of  the  Newhampshire  or  some  other  Incor- 
porated Medical  Society,  granted  after  and  in  consequence 
of  an  examination,  or  have  commenced  business  for  himself 
as  a  practitioner,  at  least  ten  years  previous  to  the  forma- 
tion of  the  District  Society  into  which  he  is  proposed  to  be 
elected. 

Voted,  That  as  it  regards  the  above  law,  the  present  shall 
be  considered  as  the  formation  of  the  Western  District 
Society. 

The  following  books  have  been  purchased  for  the  Society 
since  the  last  meeting,  viz. 

Medical  Repository  N"  4  of  Vol  I.  Hex.  Ill 

Nos.  1,  2  &  3  of  Vol.  II.  Hex.  III.  8vo.  $2.00 

Philadelphia  Medical  Museum 

New  Series  Vol.  1st.  8vO 2.00 

London  Medical  &  Physical  Journal 

Vols.  18,  19,  20,  21,  22  &  23  8  vo.  at  6  dolls  36.00 

Ring  on  Cowpox  part  I  1  vol.  8vo  2.66l^ 

New  York  Medical  and  Philosophical  Journal  and  Review 

No.  2  of  Vol.  II  8vo  0.75 


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Hamilton  on  purgatives  12mo  1.25 

Bell's  letters  on  diseases  of  Urethra  1  vol.  12nio         1.50 
Medical  and  Philosophical  Register 

(New  York)  Nos.  1,  2  &  3  of  Vol.  I  8vo  1.50 

Chose  D''  L.  Spalding  committee  on  the  Treasurer's  ac- 
counts. 

Chose  D""  J.  H.  Pierrepont  committee  on  the  Library. 

Doc^  L.  Spalding  proposed  D^  L.  Howe  of  Concord,  D''. 
Smith  proposed  D'".  Cyrus  Perkins  of  Hanover  and  D^ 
Bartlett  Proposed  D"".  Jedediah  Ingalls  of  Durham  to  be- 
come Fellows  of  the  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society.  All 
of  which  were  read  by  the  Secretary,  with  their  annexed 
approbation  of  the  Counsellors,  and  placed  in  the  hall  dur- 
ing the  meeting. 

The  committee  on  the  Treasurer's  accounts  reported  that 

"The  subscriber  has  examined  the  above  account  and 
finds  it  right  cast  and  well  vouched  and  that  there  is 
542  j3g2j  dollars  arrears  due  the  Society ;  and  105  ^^ J,' 
dollars  in  the  Treasurer's  hands. 

Signed. 

Voted  to  appropriate  a  sum  not  exceeding  fifty  dollars  for 
the  purchase  of  books. 

Chose  D""^.  Pierrepont,  Spalding  &  Brackett  a  committee 
to  purchase  books. 

Voted,  That  next  meeting  of  the  Society  shall  be  held  at 
Exeter  the  last  Wednesday  of  may  1812. 

Dissolved 

Att.  L.  Spalding.  Secty. 

State  of  Newhampshire. 

These  may  certify  that  we  the  subscribers.  Censors  of  the 
Newhampshire  IMedical  Society,  have  examined  John  Carr 
a  candidate  for  the  practice  of  Physic  and  Surgery,  respect- 
ing his  skill  and  knowledge  therein,  and  having  found  him 
duly  qualified  therefor,  do  in  testimony  of  our  approbation 


Records  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society  87 

hereunto  subscribe  our  names  at  Salisbury  this  2nd  day 
of  October  A.  D.  1811. 

Signed  Eben""  Lerned  ^  Censors  of  the 

Sam'  Morril     j  N.  H.  Med.  Soc. 
True  Copy  att.     L.  Spalding,  Seet3^ 


State  of  Newhampshire. 

These  may  certify  that  we  the  subscribers,  Censors  of  the 
Newhampshire  Medical  Society,  have  examined  Elijah  Row- 
ell,  a  candidate  for  the  practice  of  Physic  and  Surgery, 
respecting  his  skill  and  knowledge  therein,  and  having 
found  him  duly  qualified  therefor,  do  in  testimony  of  our 
approbation  hereunto  subscribe  our  names,  at  Kopkinton 
this  30th  day  of  January  AD  1812 

Signed  Eben''  Lerned  ^  Censors  of  the 

Sam'  Morril     (  N.  H.  Med.  Soc. 
True  Copy  att.  L.  Spalding,  Secty. 

State  of  Newhampshire. 

These  may  certify  that  we  the  subscribers,  Censors  of  the 
Newhampshire  Medical  Society,  have  examined  Henry  Sar- 
gent, a  candidate  for  the  practice  of  Physic  and  Surgery, 
respecting  his  skill  and  knowledge  therein,  and  having 
found  him  duly  qualified  therefor,  do  in  testimony  of  our 
approbation  hereunto  subscribe  our  names  at  Hopkinton 
this  30th  day  of  January  AD  1812. 

Signed  Eben'"  Lerned  ^  Censors  of  the 

Sam'  Spalding  (N.  H.  Med.  Soc. 
True  Copy  att.  L.  Spalding,  Secty. 


State  of  Newhampshire 

These  may  certify  that  we  the  subscribers.  Censors  of  the 
Newhampshire  Medical  Society,  have  examined  Doctor  Wil- 
liam Graves  a  candidate  for  the  practice  of  Physic  and 
Surgery,  respecting  his  skill  and  knowledge  therein,  and 


88         Records  New  Hampshire  Medical.  Society 

having  found  him  duly  qualified  therefor,  do  in  testimony 
of  our  approbation  hereunto  subscribe  our  names,  at  Ports- 
mouth this  2(>th  day  of  feby  AD  1812 

Signed  J.  H.  Pierrepont  ^  Censors  of  the 

W-"  Cutter  f  N.  H.  Med.  Soc. 

True  copy  att.  L.  Spalding,  Seety. 


State  of  New  Hampshire. 

These  may  certify  that  we  the  subscribers,  Censors  of 
Newhampshire  Medical  Society,  have  examined  James  Odell 
Jr.,  a  candidate  for  the  practice  of  Physic  and  Surgery,  re- 
specting his  skill  and  knowledge  therein,  and  having  found 
him  duly  qualified  therefor,  do  in  testimony  of  our  appro- 
bation hereunto  subscribe  our  names  at  Portsmouth  this 
ninth  day  of  may  AD  1812 

Signed  W""  Cutter  |  Censors  of  the 

J.  H.  Pierrepont  J  N.  H.  Med.  Soc. 

True  copy  of  original  L.  Spalding,  Seety. 


At  the  annual  meeting  of  the  N.  H.  Med.  Society  held  at 
Exeter  at  the  house  of  Benj*.  Lfeavitt  on  the  last  Wednesday 
in  May  A.  D.  1812 

Present 

J.  Tilton 

Sam'  Tenney 

S.  ]\Iorrill 

J.  Brackett 

Thos.  S.  Ranney 

Eben""  Lerned 

Mathias  Spalding 

Sam'  Foster 

Lyman  Spalding 

A.  R.  Cutter 

James  H.  Pierrepont 


Records  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society  89 

Meeting  opened  by  President 

The  Secretary  read  the  proceedings  of  the  last  meeting  of 
the  Society. 

Committee  on  Treasurers'  Acc^  reported  in  words  as  fol- 
lows: 

Exeter  April  26th  1812  The  Subscriber  has  ex- 
amined the  above  ace'.  &  finds  it  right  &  that  there  are 
$600.32  due  from  the  Fellows  in  arrears  &  eight  dolP.  from 
D'".  Thos.  S.  Ranney  on  settlement  &  156.97  in  the  Treas- 
urer's hands. 

Lyman  Spalding 
Report  of  the  Library  read 

Voted, — to   accept   the   report   of  the   Committee   on  the 
Library 

Report  of  the  Committee  for  the  purchase  of  books  was 
read  &  accepted 

Report  of  Censors  for  1812  read  &  accepted 
Voted  to  repeal  the  2*^. 

The  ballots  were  taken  for  President  &  found  unanimous 
for  Amrai  R.  Cutter  who  politely  declined  to  serve,  offering 
as  an  excuse  his  advanced  age  &c 

D""  Pierrepont  was  made  a  Committee  to  return  the  thanks 
of  the  Society  to  the  late  Preside  for  his  able  &  indefatig- 
able services 

The  ballots  were  taken  for  President  &  found  unanimous 
for  D""  Nathan  Smith 

Lyman  Spalding  was  chosen  Vice  Pres^ 

D--^  Jos.  Tilton  ] 

Josiah  Bartlett        I 

Thos.  S.  Ranney       J-Counsellors 

J.  Gove  I 

Mathias  Spalding  J 
D""  James  H.  Pierrepont,  Sec*^ 
Hon'.  Sam'  Tenney,  Treasurer 


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Eben'"  Lerned         ] 
Sam'  Morrill  | 

Mathias  Spalding  iCensors 
Joshua  Brackett 
Asa  Crosbj'"  J 

Joshua  Brackett  Librarian 

Voted, — That  the  Center  District  be  entitled  to  a  division 
of  Books  not  exceeding  one  hundred  vols,  to  be  re- 
turned at  the  end  of  one  year. 

Voted  That  D""  Zadock  Howe  be  admitted  a  Fellow  of  the 
N.  H.  Med.  Society. 

Voted  That  D''  Jedediah  Ingalls  be  admitted  a  Fellow  of 
the  N.  H.  Med.  Society 

Voted  That  the  admission  of  D""  Perkins  as  a  fellow  be 
postponed,  from  there  being  no  evidence  that  he  is 
an  associate,  which  the  laws  of  the  Society  require 

Voted     That  D''  Zadock  How^e  be  Deputy  Librarian 

Voted  That  a  committee  consisting  of  one  be  appointed 
to  confer  with  D""  Brackett  respecting  an  exchange 
or  purchase  of  such  vols  if  in  any  case  it  should  ap- 
pear that  the  District  Society  own  one  part  of  a 
sett  of  books  &  the  N.  H.  Med.  Society  the  other  & 
report  there  on 

Voted — That  a  committee  of  three  be  appointed  to  revise 
the  laws  of  the  N.  H.  Med.  Society  who  shall  re- 
port thereon,  which  report  shall  be  submitted  to  the 
President  &  Council  for  approbation. 

Voted — That  this  Committee  consist  of  three 
D""^  E.  Lerned 
W.  Cutter 
L.  Spalding 

Voted  that  D'"  Tilton  be  a  committee  to  examine  the  Treas- 
urer's Acc'^. 

Voted  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  fifty  DolP  be  expended 
to  purchase  books 

Voted  That  D""^  J.  H.  Pierrepont  &  Jos.  Brackett  be  a 
Committee  to  purchase  Books 


Records  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society  91 

Voted     That  the  next  meeting  be  held  at  Leavitt'  Tavern 
Voted     That  this  meeting  be  dissolved 


State  of  N.  Hampshire  [-  These  may  certify  that  we  the 
Subscribers  Censors  in  the  N  Hampshire  medical  Society 
have  examined  M""  Thomas  Shannon  of  said  State,  a  candi- 
date for  the  practice  of  Physic  &  Surgery,  respecting  his 
skill  &  knowledge  therein,  &  having  found  him  duly  quali- 
fied therefor,  do  in  testimony  of  our  approbation  here- 
unto subscribe  our  names  at  Guilford  this  29th  day  of  Oc- 
tober A.  D.  1812 

Asa  Crosby      )  „ 
Sam'Morril     ^^^^"^^ 
Attest  James  H.  Pierrepont 


State  of  N.  Hampshire  \-  These  may  certify  that  we  the 
subscribers  Censors  of  the  N.  H.  med.  Society  have  exam- 
ined M""  James  Norris  of  s^  State  a  candidate  for  the  prac- 
tice of  Physic  &  Surgery  respecting  his  skill  &  knowledge 
therein,  &  found  him  duly  qualified  therefor,  do  in  testi- 
mony of  our  approbation  hereunto  subscribe  our  names  at 
Guilford  this  29th  day  of  Oct^  AD.  1812 

Asa  Crosby 

Sam'  Morril 
Attest     J.  H.  Pierrepont 


Censors 


State  of  N.  Hampshire 
These  may  certify  that  we  the  subscribers.  Censors  of  the 
N.  H.  Med.  Society  having  examined  M""  Silas  Merrill  of  s"^ 
State,  a  candidate  for  the  practice  of  Physic  &  Surgery  re- 
specting his  skill  &  knowledge  therein  &  found  him  duly 
qualified  therefor  do  in  testimony  of  our  approbation  here- 


9'2         Records  New  Hampshire  IVIedical  Society 

unto  subscribe  our  names  at  Guilford  this  29th  day  of 
Oct^  AD.  1812 

Asa  Crosby     )  ^ 

^      ,   _^     '^.,,  I  Censors 

Sam'  Morrill  ( 

Attest    J.  H.  Pierrepont  Sec'' 


State  of  N  Hampshire  J^  These  may  certify  that  we  the 
subscribers  Censors  of  the  N.  H.  med.  Society  have  this 
day  examined  Jos.  M.  Harper  of  s"^  State  a  Candidate  for 
the  Practice  of  Physic  &  Surgery  respecting  his  skill  & 
knowledge  therein  &  having  found  him  duly  qualified  there- 
for do  in  testimony  of  our  approbation  subscribe  our  names 
at  Goffstown  this  17th  day  of  Jan"  AD.  1813 

Eben.  Lerned        ] 
Mathias  Spalding  )■  Censors 
Sam'  Morrill  | 

Attest     J.  H.  Pierrepont 


At  a  legal  annual  jMeeting  of  the  New  Hampshire  Medi- 
cal Society  held  at  Exeter  on  the  26'*'  Day  of  IMay  AD. 

1813 Docf  Joseph  Tilton  eldest  Counsellor  present  in 

the  Chair  

Voted  Docf  Thomas  Sargent  Secretary  Pro  Tem 

Voted  to  choose  a  Committee  to  consult  on  the  propriety 
of  dividing  the  Library  for  the  accommodation  of  the  Mem- 
bers   

Voted  Docf"  Edmund  Chadwick,  Thomas  Sargeant, 
Ebenezer  Lerned  and  Jonathan  Greeley  the  above  Com- 
mittee   

Proceeded  to  the  choice  of  Officers  for  the  year  ensu- 
ing   


Voted  Nathan  Smitu  M.  D.  President. 
Voted  Hon.  Josiah  Bartlett,  Vice  President 


Kecords  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society  93 

Voted  Doctors  Joseph  Tilton,  John  Fogg,  Ebenezer 
Lerned,  Thomas  S.  Ranney,  Matthias  Spalding,  Counsel- 
lors   

Voted  Doef  James  H.  Pierrepont,  Secretary 

Voted  Doc*  Thomas  Sargeant,  Treasurer 

Voted  D"  Ebenezer  Lerned,  Matthias  Spalding,  Sam' 
Morrill,  James  H.  Pierrepont  Asa  Crosby  and  Seth  Fogg 
Censors 

Voted  Docf  Joshua  Brackett  Librarian 

Docf  Samuel  Tenney  requested  the  Society  to  dismiss 
him  from  his  connextion  with  the  Society 

Voted  Unanimously  to  grant  his  request. 

Voted  that,  the  thanks  of  thus  Society  be  presented  to 
the  Honorable  Samuel  Tenney  for  his  friendly  aid  to  the 
Society  in  the  various  Stations  he  has  so  faithfully  and  ably 
sustained  for  many  years. 

Voted  that  Deputy  Librarian  be  chosen  in  the  follow- 
ing towns,  viz  D""  Seth  Fogg  Deerfield  40  Vols.  D''  Thomas 
Sargeant  Chester  40  Vols,  D""  Matthias  Spalding  Amherst 
40  Vols,  D""  Zadoc  Howe  Concord  60  Vols,  for  one  year 

Voted  to  lay  our  one  Hundred  Dollars  in  purchasing 
Books. 

Voted  to  Choose  a  Committee  to  lay  out  the  Money 

Voted  Doctors  Josiah  Bartlett,  John  Fogg,  Thomas 
Sargeant,  Ebenezer  Lerned,  Samuel  Morril,  and  ]\Iatthias 
Spalding  the  above  Committee 

Voted  to  accept  Drs  Samuel  Tenney  and  George  Far- 
rar  as  Bondmen  for  the  Treasurer  the  ensuing  year  

Voted  that  the  next  annual  Meeting  shall  be  holden  at 
Concord  N.  H.  on  the  Tuesday  preceeding  the  general  Elec- 
tion of  the  State  at  10  oClock  A.  M. 

Thomas  Sargeant 
Secretary  Pro.  Tom. 
Attest.     Sam'  Morril,  Secretary. 

At  the  annual  Meeting  of  the  New  Hampshire  Medical 
Society  holden  at  Concord  on  Tuesday  the  31^'  of  May 
1814 


94         Records  New  Hampshire  JMedical  Society 

]\Iembers  Present 

Doctors  Josiah  Bartlett,  Edmund  Chadwiek,  Thomas 
Sargeant,  Asa  Crosby,  Peter  Green.  Seth  Fogg,  George 
Farrar  and  Samuel  ]\Iorril 

Docf  Josiah  Bartlett,  Vice  President  in  the  Chair. 

Voted  Sam'  Morril  Secretary  Pro  Tem. 

Voted  D""^  Asa  Crosby,  George  Farrar,  and  Seth  Fogg  a 
Committee  to  Audit  the  Treasurers  Accounts 

Voted  to  receive  the  following  report  of  the  Committee 
on  the  Treasurer's  Accounts — 

"We  the  Subscribers  a  Committee  to  audit  the  Treas- 
urer 's  Accounts  for  the  last  year  have  examined  them,  and 
find  no  receipts  for  the  Books  bought  of  Tappan  &  Foster 
of  $41.75  and  Charles  Tappan  of  $13,  as  p""  Bills — including 
these  bills  we  find  in  the  Treasurers  hands  the  sum  of 
$196.75  and  find  due  in  arrears  $626.32 

At  3  oClock  P.  M.  the  President  took  the  Chair  in  order 
to  proceed  in  the  Elections  for  the  ensuing  year 

Voted  Docf^  Farrar,  Chadwiek,  and  Crosby  Scrutineers. 
Voted  Hon.  Josiah  Bartlett  President 
Voted  Docf  Matthias  Spalding  Vice  President 
Voted  Doctors  Ebenezer  Lerned 
Peter  Green 
Edmund  Chadwiek 
George  Farrar  and 
Asa  Crosby 
Counsellors  for  the  ensuing  year 
Voted  Samuel  Morril  Secretary 
Voted  Docf  Thomas  Sargeant  Treasurer 
Voted   Ebenezer  Lerned,   Peter  Green,   Samuel  Morril, 
George  Farrar,  Asa  Crosby  and  Seth  Fogg — Censors — 
Voted  Docf  Joshua  Brackett  Librarian 
Voted  that  the  Secretary  be  directed  to  write  to  the  Libra- 
rian and  request  him  to  procure  all  the  Books  belonging  to 
the  N.  H.  Medical  Society  to  be  returned  to  the  Medical 
Library  on  or  before  the  1^'  Day  of  September  next — 


Records  New  Hampshire  Medical,  Society  95 

Voted  that  Docf^  Josiah  Bartlett  and  Seth  Fogg  be  a 
Committee  to  examine  into  the  State  of  the  Medical  Li- 
brary on  the  6"*  Day  of  September  next  and  make  report 
at  the  succeeding  Meeting  of  the  N.  H.  Medical  Society — 

Voted  that  the  Librarian  be  directed  to  distribute  the 
Library  to  the  district  Librarians  in  the  several  Districts 
according  to  the  proportion  of  Fellows  in  each  District. 

The  District  Librarians  are  to  be  four  in  number. 

Voted  D""^  Peter  Green,  Asa  Crosby,  Seth  Fogg  and  Ezra 
Bartlett  Deputy  Librarians 

Voted  that  the  Letter  and  enclosures  from  D""  James  H. 
Pierrepont  lie  on  the  Table  until  the  next  Meeting 

Voted  that  D'"  Ebenezer  Lerned  be  requested  to  deliver 
an  Oration  on  some  Medical  subject  before  the  Medical 
Society  at  the  next  Meeting. 

Voted  that  Job  Wilson  M.  B.  of  Salisbury  be  a  Fellow  of 
the  N.  Hampshire  Medical  Society — 

Voted  that  D""  Caleb  Morse  of  Moultonboro  be  a  Fellow 
of  the  N.  H.  Medical  Society 

Voted  D'"s  Farrar  and  Fogg  as  the  Treasurer's  Bondsmen 

Voted  that  the  Secretary  be  authorized  to  unite  with  a 
Committee  supposed  formerly  appointed  to  revise  the  Laws 
of  the  N.  H.  Med.  Society — if  there  is  not  any  such  Com- 
mittee D""  Chadwick  with  the  Secretary  are  a  Committee 
to  revise  said  Laws  and  report  said  revision  to  the  Society 
at  the  next  Meeting  with  such  alterations  and  amendments 
they  shall  think  proper. 

Voted  that  the  arrears  due  from  the  Estate  of  D""  Amos 
Gale  be  remitted  if  it  has  not  been  done  heretofore  by  the 
Med.  Society — 

Voted  that  D""^  Sargeant  and  Morrill  be  a  Committee  to 
receive  Books  from  D""  Peter  Green  towards  his  arrears 
provided  he  has  some  not  now  in  the  Library  and  he  and 
they  can  agree  upon  the  price — 

Voted  to  hold  the  next  Meeting  of  the  N.  H.  Med.  Society 
in  Concord  on  the  Tuesday  preceding  Ihe  first  Wednesday 
of  June  1815  at  Barker's  Tavern — The  Meeting  to  be  pub- 


96         Records  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society 

lished  in  one  Newspaper  in  Portsmouth  and  one  in  Con- 
cord— 

Meeting  adjourned 

Sam'  Morril,  Secretary. 


State  of  New  Hampshire)  These  may  certify  that  we 
the  subscribers  Censors  of  Eastern  District  N.  H.  Medical 
Society,  have  examined  M""  Andrew  P.  Wiggin  of  said  State 
a  candidate  for  the  practice  of  Physic  &  Surgery,  respect- 
ing his  skill  &  knowledge  therein,  and  having  found  him 
duly  qualified  therefor,  do  in  testimony  of  our  approbation 
hereunto  subscribe  our  names  at  Greenland  this  IQ*^*^  day 
of  April  AD.  1813 

Joshua  Brackett    1  Censors  of  the 
John  Fogg  C  N.  H.  Med.  Society 

Attest  Sam'  Morril  Sec'y 


State  of  New) 

Hampshire  f  This  may  certify  that  we  the  Subscribers 
Censors  of  the  N.  H.  Medical  Society,  have  examined  M' 
Jolm  Morrison  a  Candidate  for  the  practice  of  Physic  & 
Surgery,  respecting  his  skill  &  knowledge  therein,  and 
having  found  him  duly  qualified  therefor  do  in  testimony 
of  our  approbation  hereunto  subscribe  our  names  at  Epsom 
this  29"'  Day  of  April  Anno  Domini  1814 

Seth  Fogg       ] 
Sam'  Morril     \   censors 

Attest,  Sam'  Morril  Sec'y 


This  certifies  that  we  the  subscribers  Censors  of  the  N.  H. 
Medical  Society  have  this  day  examined  Jonathan  H.  Shaw 
a  candidate  for  the  practice  of  Physic  &  Surgery,  respect- 
ing his  skill  and  knowledge  therein,  and  having  found  him 


Records  New  Hampshire  INIedical  Society  97 

duly  qualified  therefor  do  in  testimony  of  our  approbation 

subscribe  our  names  at  Concord  this  2""^  Day  of  June  A 

D.  1813 

Eben""  Lerned  ] 

Matthias  Spalding   I  Censors 
Sam'  Morril  J 

Attest,  S  Morril  Sec'y 


State  of  New  Hampshire  )  These  may  certify  that  we 
the  subscribers  Censors  of  the  N.  H.  Medical  Society  have 
examined  M""  Ebenezer  Dearborn  of  said  State  a  Candidate 
for  the  practice  of  Physic  &  Surgery,  respecting  his  skill 
and  knowledge  therein,  and  having  found  him  duly  qualified 
therefor,  do  in  testimony  of  our  approbation,  hereunto  sub- 
scribe our  names  at  Epsom  this  3'^''  Day  of  January  Anno 
Domini  1815 

Seth  Fogg      )  Censors 
Sam'   Morril  J  X.  H.  "SL  S. 
Attest,  Sam'  Morril,  Sec'y 


State  of  New  Hampshire 
This  may  certify  that  we  the  subscribers  Censors  of  the 
N.  H.  Medical  Society  have  examined  M'"  Nathaniel  Hench- 
man of  s''  State  a  Candidate  for  the  Practice  of  Physic  & 
Surgery  respecting  his  skill  &  knowledge  therein  and  hav- 
ing found  him  duly  qualified,  do  in  testimony  of  our  appro- 
bation subscribe  our  Names  at  Concord  this  8"^  Day  of 
June  1815 

Eben""  Lerned   )    ^ 

_,      ,  ,^      .,       '    Censors 

Sam'  Morril       I 

Attest  S.  Morril,  Sec'y. 


98         Records  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society 

State  of  New  Hampshire 
This  may  certify  that  we  the  subscribers  Censors  of  the 
N.  H.  Medical  Society  have  examined  M""  Alexander  Boyd 
of  said  State  a  Candidate  for  the  Practice  of  Physic  &  Sur- 
gery respecting  his  skill  and  knowledge  therein,  and  having 
found  him  duly  qualified  therefor,  do  in  testimony  of  our 
approbation  hereunto  subscribe  our  names  at  Concord  this 
7*''  Day  of  June  1815 

Eben""   Lerned  )    ^ 

,  T,x      -1        r    Censors 
Sam'  Morril       j 

Attest,  Sam'  Morril  Sec'y 


State  of  New  Hampshire)  This  may  certify  that  we  the 
subscribers  Censors  of  the  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society 
have  examined  M""  Jonathan  Woodberry  of  said  State,  a 
Candidate  for  the  Practice  of  Physic  &  Surgery  respecting 
his  skill  &  Knowledge  therein  and  having  found  him  duly 
qualified  therefor,  do  in  testimony  of  our  approbation  sub- 
scribe our  names  at  Deerfield  this  20'''  Day  of  October  Anno 
Domini  1815 

Seth  Fogg      )   Censors  of  the 
Sam'  Morril  J  N.  H.  Med.  Society 
Attest  Sam' Morril  Sec'y 


At  the  annual  Meeting  of  the  New  Hampshire  Medical 
Society  holden  at  Concord  June  6,  1815 
Were  present  the  following  Members 
Doctors  Josiah  Bartlett 

Matthias  Spalding 
Ebenezer  Lerned 
Thomas  Sargeant 
Joshua  Brackett 
Seth  Fogg 


Records  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society  99 

Job  Wilson 
Peter  Green 
Robert  Bartley  and 
Sam^  Morril 

]\Ieetmg-  Opened 

Docf  Josiah  Bartlett,  President  in  the  Chair 

Minutes  of  the  last  Meeting  read. 

Docf  Ebenezer  Lerned  delivered  an  Oration  on  the  rise 
and  progress  of  the  science  of  Medicine. 

Voted  that  the  thanks  of  the  Society  be  presented  to  D' 
Ebenezer  Lerned  for  his  ingenious  Oration  pronounced  be- 
fore them  this  Day  and  that  he  be  requested  to  furnish  a 
Copy  to  be  deposited  in  the  Secretary's  office. 

Voted  that  D""^  Brackett,  Fogg  and  Wilson  be  a  Commit- 
tee to  settle  the  Treasurer's  Accounts  for  the  year  past. 

Voted  that  the  Librarian  be  directed  to  procure  those 
Books  Missing  in  Pamphlet  form  and  get  them  bound. 

Voted  that  a  Committee  heretofore  appointed  to  revise  the 
Laws  of  the  Society  be  discharged  from  that  duty. 

Voted  that  D"  Lerned,  Spalding  and  S.  Morril  be  a  Com- 
mittee to  revise  the  Laws  of  the  N.  H.  Medical  Society  and 
report  at  the  next  Meeting  of  the  Society. 

Voted  to  adjourn  to  3  0 Clock  P.  M. 

Met  agreeably  to  adjournment 

Voted  D'-  David  S.  Morril  of  Goffstown  a  Fellow  of  the 
N.  H.  Medical  Society. 

Proceeded  to  the  Elections  for  the  ensuing  year. 
Voted  Drs.  Lerned,  Bartley  and  Brackett  Scrutineers. 
Voted  Hon.  Josiah  Bartlett,  President 
Voted  Docf  Matthias  Spalding  Vice  President 
Voted  Doctors  Ebenezer  Lerned 

Peter  Green 

Robert  Bartley 

Joshua  Brackett 

Seth  Fogg     Counsellors 


100        Records  New  Hampshire  ^Medical  Society 

Voted  Samuel  Morril  Secretary. 
Voted  D""  Thomas  Sargeant  Treasurer. 
Voted  D''  Joshua  Brackett  Librarian 
Voted  Doctors  Ebenezer  Lerned 

Sam'  Morril 

George  Farrar 

Asa  Crosby 

Seth  Fogg 

Jedediah  Ingalls 

Daniel  Adams 

Amos  Twitchell,  Censors 

Voted  D'"^  Matthias  Spalding,  Seth  Fogg,  Peter  Green  and 
Asa  Crosby  Deputy  Librarians. 

Voted  that  the  Secretary  be  requested  to  notify  the  ab- 
sent officers  of  their  appointment  to  office. 

Voted  that  the  enclosures  in  D""  Pierrepont's  Letter  be 
paid  so  far  as  relates  to  this  Society. 

Voted  that  the  request  of  D'  Pierrepont  not  to  be  a  Can- 
didate for  office  in  the  Society  be  so  far  granted  that  he  be 
not  nominated  to  office  so  long  as  he  may  deem  it  improper ; 
still  receiving  him  as  a  worthy  Fellow  of  said  Society  and 
requesting  his  attendance  as  often  as  his  convenience  will 
permit  and  the  Secretary  notify  him  accordingly. 

Voted  that  D''  John  Fogg  (although  with  much  re- 
luctance) be  discharged  from  his  Fellowship  in  the  Society 
provided  he  pays  up  his  arrears  and  the  Sec'y  notify  him 
accordingly. 

Voted  that  D''  Thomas  S.  Ranney's  Letter  lie  over  for 
consideration. 

Voted,  that  D""  Moses  Nichols  Taxes  due  in  arrears  be  re- 
mitted and  his  name  be  stricken  off  the  List. 

Voted  that  D''  Seth  Fogg's  account  be  paid  out  of  the 
Treasury. 

Voted  to  accept  the  following  report  of  the  Committee  on 
the  Treasurer's  accounts. 

"We  the  subscribers  auditors  of  the  Treasurer's  accounts 


Records  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society         101 

having  examined  them  for  the  last  year,  find  them  correctly 
footed.  Now  are  remaining  in  the  Treasurer's  hands  one 
hundred  and  eighty  four  Dollars  and  forty  six  cents  and 
a  half.     In  arrears  696  Dollars." 

One  Bill  of  Tappans  not  allowed  of  $13. 

J.  Brackett  ] 

Seth  Fogg     I  Auditors 

Job  Wilson  J 

Voted  that  D""  Dan  Hough  be  Deputy  Librarian  of  the 
western  District  provided  said  District  should  become  or- 
ganized. 

Voted  that  the  Librarian  be  authorized  to  get  a  Catalogue 
of  the  Books  added  to  the  Library  (since  the  Catalogue  was 
printed)  to  be  printed  and  added  to  the  present  Catalogue 
and  distribute  the  same  to  the  Fellows  and  associates. 

Voted  to  postpone  the  Petition  of  D""  Spalding  and  others 
to  three  oClock  P.  M.  tomorrow. 

Voted  to  adjourn  to  9  OClock  A.  M.  tomorrow. 

Met  agreeabl}^  to  adjournment  June  7th,  9  oClock  A.  M. 

Docf  David  L.  Morril  a  Fellow  of  the  N.  H.  Medical 
Society  appeared  and  took  his  seat. 

Voted  to  elect  tM-o  additional  Censors  for  the  Western  Dis- 
trict should  said  District  become  organized. 

Voted  that  it  is  expedient  for  the  good  government  and 
improvement  of  the  N.  H.  Medical  Society  that  a  new  Dis- 
trict be  organized  to  be  called  the  western  District  to  con- 
tain the  Counties  of  Cheshire  Grafton  and  Coos,  and  such 
other  Towns  in  any  adjacent  county  as  the  Physicians  there- 
in practising  may  choose  to  associate  in  said  District. 

Voted  that  D""^  Daniel  Adams,  Dan  Hough,  and  Amos 
Twitchell  or  either  of  them  be  authorized  to  call  the  first 
meeting  of  said  western  District. 

Voted  that  said  Western  District  be  permitted  to  admit 
twenty  associate  Members  in  addition  to  the  Fellows  of  the 
N.  H.  Medical  Society  already  residing  in  said  District, 


102       Kecords  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society 

they  conforming  themselves  to  the  laws  of  the  General  So- 
ciety. 

Voted  that  the  Secretary  be  directed  to  communicate  to 
D''  Daniel  Adams  of  Keene  all  votes  passed  in  the  Society 
relative  to  the  organizing  of  the  western  District;  likewise 
two  Copies  of  the  Laws  of  the  General  Society,  also  the 
bye  Laws  of  the  eastern  and  Centre  Districts. 

Voted  Drs  Matthias  Spalding  and  Joshua  Brackett  Ora- 
tors for  1816 

Voted  that  the  arrears  due  from  the  late  D""  John  Rogers 
be  remitted. 

Voted  that  D""  Calvin  Frink  be  not  hereafter  assessed  the 
annual  Tax  and  his  arrears  be  not  brot  forward  in  the 
Treasurers  Accounts. 

Resolved  that  the  assessment  of  two  dollars  on  each  asso- 
ciate Member  agreeably  to  the  Library  Laws  be  suspended 
and  that  each  District  Society  be  at  the  expense  of  convey- 
ing the  Books  to  and  from  the  General  Library  and  ac- 
countable for  all  damages  that  may  arise  from  said  con- 
veyance. 

Voted  that  the  account  of  D""  Peter  Green  be  paid  out  of 
the  Treasury 

Voted  that  D""  S.  Morril  be  discharged  from  attending  to 
receiving  Books  from  D""  Peter  Green,  and  D""  Joshua  Bracb- 
ett  is  appointed  a  substitute. 

The  Committee  appointed  to  receive  Books  from  D'' 
Peter  Green  towards  his  arrears  report  the  reception  of  the 
following,  Viz. : 

Spengalls  Hypocrates  I  Vol. 

Manning  Diseases  of  Women 
London  Treatise  of  Physic 
Boerhaaves  Aphorisms 
Morgan's  Philosophical) 
Principles  of  Medicine  J 
Meads  Medical  Precepts 


DC 

2.00 

1  Vol 

1.00 

1  D^ 

1.50 

1  D° 

.  1.50 

1  D° 

1.25 

1  D° 

1.50 

Records  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society         103 

Thatcher's  Dispensatory  1  D°  $4. 

Thomas  Practice  1  D"  4. 


$  16.75 

Joshua  Brackett  )    ^ 

f   Committee 
Ihomas  Sargent  \ 

Voted  that  the  report  of  the  above  Committee  be  accepted 

Voted  that  the  Treasurer  be  requested  to  write  to  all  de- 
linquents and  desire  them  to  pay  up  their  arrears  as  soon 
as  possible,  and  signify  their  intention  of  continuing  their 
Fellowship  in  the  Society. 

Voted  to  adjourn  to  14  of  an  hour  before  3  P.  M. 

Med  agreeably  to  adjournment. 

Voted  that  the  petitioners  D""  Spalding  and  others  have 
leave  to  withdraw  their  Petition. 

Voted  to  appropriate  50  Dollars  for  the  purchase  of 
Books  the  ensuing  year 

Voted  that  the  Committee  be  requested  to  purchase  the 
periodical  publications  of  the  middle  and  eastern  States  an- 
nually. 

Voted  that  D^  Brackett  be  the  Committee  to  purchase 
Books  agreeably  to  the  above  Vote. 

Voted  that  the  Laws  respecting  the  appoint  of  a  Com- 
mittee to  inspect  the  Library  be  suspended  for  the  en- 
suing year. 

The  Committee  D""^  Bartlett  and  Fogg  appointed  to  in- 
spect the  Library  the  past  year  made  an  elaborate  report 
which  was  accepted  and  is  placed  on  File. 

Voted  that  the  next  annual  Meeting  of  the  Society  be 
holden  at  Concord  on  the  Tuesday  preceding  the  first  Wed- 
nesday of  June  1816 

Voted  that  this  meeting  stand  adjourned  to  the  first  Wed- 
nesday of  September  next  then  to  meet  at  Portsmouth 
Meeting  adjourned 

Sam'  Morril,  Sec'y 


104       Kecords  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society 

June  6,  1815 

D""  Eben""  Lerned  proposed  D""  Moses  Long  of  Concord 
Doef  M.  Spalding  proposed  D""  John  T.  Bachelder  of 
Charlestown 

D""  E.  Lerned  proposed  D''  Luther  Farley  of  Franeis- 
town 

D""  M.  Spalding  proposed  D""  James  Stark  of 
Hopkinton 

D""  E.  Lerned  proposed  D""  James  Crombie  of  Temple 
D""  S.  Morril  proposed  D'"  Thomas  Shannon  of  Pitts- 
field 

D""  E.  Lerned  proposed  D''  Alex""  T.  Clarke  of  North- 
field 

D''  M.  Spalding  proposed  D*"  John  Starr  of  Northwood 
D""  J.  Brackett  proposed  D""  Woodbury  Sen""  of  Har- 
rington 

D"  Matthias  Spalding  proposed  D""  Adonijah  Howe  Jr 
of  Jaffrey 

To  become  Fellows  of  the  N.  H.  Medical  Society,  all 
of  which  were  approved  by  the  Counsel. 
Concord  June  7th  1815  Sam'  Morril,  Sec'y 


State  of  New  Hampshire 

This  may  certify  that  we  the  subscribers  Censors  of  the 
New  Hampshire  Medical  Society  have  examined  M""  Asa 
Perkins  of  said  State,  a  Candidate  for  the  practise  of  Physic 
and  Surgery  respecting  his  skill  and  knowledge  therein,  and 
having  found  him  duly  qualified  therefor,  do  in  testimony 
of  our  approbation,  hereunto  subscribe  our  names  at  Deer- 
field  this  20th  Day  of  October  ADom.  1815 

Attest  Seth  Fogg       J   Censors  of  the 

Sami   Morril   j  N.  H.  Medical 

Sam'  Morril,  Sec'v 


Records  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society        105 

State  of  New-Hampshire 

This  may  certify  that  we  the  subscribers,  Censors  of  the 
New-Hampshire  Medical  Society,  have  examined  M"".  Wil- 
liam Sweatt  of  Salisbury  in  said  State,  a  Candidate  for 
the  practice  of  Physic  and  Surgery,  respecting  his  skill 
and  knowledge  therein,  and,  having  found  him  duly  quali- 
fied therefor,  do  in  testimony  of  our  approbation  hereunto 
subscribe  our  names  at  Epsom  this  27"*  Day  of  February 
Anno  Domini  1816.  g^^j^  ^^^^     ^    Censors  of  the 

^ll(.^^  Sam'    Morrilj  N.  H.  Med.  Soc. 

Sam'  Morril,  Sec'y- 


These  may  certify  that  we  the  subscribers,  Censors  of  the 
New-Hampshire  Medical  Society  have  examined  M"" 
Charles  Herbert  Jr  of  said  State  a  Candidate  for  the  prac- 
tice of  Physic  and  Surgery  respecting  his  skill  and  knowl- 
edge therein,  and,  having  found  him  duly  qualified  there- 
for, do  in  testimony  of  our  approbation  hereunto  subscribe 
our  names  at  Concord  this  29"'  Day  of  November  ADomini 

1^1^  Eben  Lerned   )     ^ 

oi      1  Tn^      -1     V    Censors 
Sam'  Morril     J 

Attest 

Sam'  Morril,  Sec'y 


State  of  New-Hampshire 
This  may  certify  that  we  the  subscribers  Censors  of  the 
N.  H.  Medical  Society  have  examined  M""  David  T.  Libbey  of 
Newdurham  in  said  State  a  Candidate  for  the  practice  of 
Physic  and  Surgery  respecting  his  skill  and  knowledge 
therein,  and,  having  found  him  duly  qualified  therefor,  do, 
in  testimony  of  our  approbation  hereunto  subscribe  our 
Names  at  Concord  this  sixth  Day  of  June  AD  1816 

Eben  Lerned  )   Censors 
Sam'  Morril     j   N.  H.  M. 
Society 


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This  may  certify  to  whom  it  may  concern  that  we  the  sub- 
scribers Censors  of  the  N.  H.  Medical  Society  have  this 
Day  examined  Isaac  Wallace  a  Candidate  for  the  practice 
of  Physic  and  Surgery  respecting  his  skill  and  knowledge 
therein,  and  having  found  him  duly  qualified  therefor,  do, 
in  testimony  of  our  approbation  subscribe  our  names  at 
Goffstown  this  27'^  Day  of  January  AD  1813 

Eben'"  Lerned  1  Censors 

Matthias   Spalding  I  of  the  N.  H. 
Sam'  Morril  J  Med.  Soc. 

Attest 

Sam'  Morril,  Sec'y 


State  of  New-Hampshire)  These  may  certify  that  we  the 
subscribers  Censors  of  the  southern  District  New-Hampshire 
Medical  Society  have  examined  Josiah  Kittredge  of  said 
State  a  Candidate  for  the  practice  of  Physic  and  Surgery 
respecting  his  skill  and  knowledge  therein,  and  having 
found  him  duly  qualified  therefor,  do  in  testimony  of  our 
approbation  hereunto  subscribe  our  names  at  Amherst  this 
twenty  fourth  Day  of  July  Anno  Domini  1816 

Matthias  Spalding  )   Censors  of  y® 
James  Crombie         C    Southern  Dist  N.  H. 
M.  Soc. 
Attest  Sam'  Morril  Sec'y. 


State  of  New-Hampshire 
This  may  certify  that  we  the  subscribers,  Censors  of  the 
New-Hampshire  Medical  Society  have  examined  M""  Levi 
Merrill  of  Northwood  in  said  State,  a  Candidate  for  the 
practice  of  Physic  &  Surgery,  respecting  his  skill  and 
knowledge  therein,  and  having  found  him  duly  qualified 
therefor,  do,  in  testimony  of  our  approbation,  hereunto  sub- 


Records  New  Hampshire  Medical,  Society         107 

scribe  our  names  at  Concord  this  29'^  Day  of  January  Anno 
Domini  1817 

Eben""  Lerned  )   Censors  of  the 
Sam'  Morril      J  N.  H.  Medical 
Society 
Attest 

Sam'  Morril,  Sec'y 


At  the  annual  Meeting  of  the  N.  H.  Medical  Society 
holden  at  Concord  on  Tuesday  the  4'^  of  June  1816 
The  following  Fellows  were  present  Viz : 

Doctors  Josiah  Bartlett,  Edmund  Chadwick,  Matthias 
Spalding,  Robert  Bartley,  David  L.  Morril,  Caleb  Morse, 
Ebenezer  Lerned,  Asa  Crosby,  Seth  Fogg,  Thomas  Sar- 
geant,  Peter  Green,  Robert  Woodbury,  and  Sam'  Morril 

Meeting  opened 

Docf  Josiah  Bartlett  President  in  the  Chair 
Minutes  of  the  annual  Meeting  in  June  1815  were  read 
Voted  D''  Robert  Woodberry  of  Barrington,  D""  John 
Starr  of  Northwood,  D''  Thomas  Shannon  of  Pittsfield, 
D""  Alexander  T.  Clarke  of  Northfield,  D""  James  Stark  of 
Hopkinton,  D""  James  Crombie,  D""  Moses  Long  of  Concord, 
D'"  John  P.  Bacheder  of  Charleston,  and  D""  Luther  Farley 
of  Francistown,  Fellows  of  the  N.  H.  Medical  Society. 

D^  Robert  Woodberry  of  Barrington  a  Fellow  of  the  N. 
H.  ]\Iedical  Society  appeared  and  took  his  seat 
The  following  Gentlemen  were  proposed  by  D""  Asa  Crosby, 
and  approved  by  the  Council  in  the  year  1814;  but  by 

some  misfortune  the  proposition  was  lost 

Voted  to  proceed  to  their  Election 

Voted  D""  Samuel  Pray  of  Rochester,  D''  Jabez  Dow  of 
Dover,  D""  Joseph  Boyden  of  Tamworth,  D""  Thomas  Lind- 
sey  of  Wakefield,  and  D''  Jedediah  Chapman  of  Wolfboro, 
Fellows  of  the  N.  H.  Medical  Society. 
Voted  that  Aaron  Dexter  M.  D.  of  Boston,  Professor  of 


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Chemistry  in  Harv^ard  University,  be  an  Honorary  ^Member 
of  the  X.  H.  Medical  Society. 

Voted  that  D""  John  P.  Bachelder  be  added  to  the  Com- 
mittee appointed  in  June  1815  to  call  the  first  meeting  of 
the  western  District  for  the  purpose  of  organizing  the  same, 
and  that  they  or  either  of  them,  be  authorized  to  call  the 
first  meeting  of  said  District. 

Voted  that  the  Treasurer  write  to  D""  William  Cogswell 
explaining  the  vote  passed  in  the  year  1802,  that  he  is  con- 
sidered a  Fellow  until  1804,  and  that  if  he  pays  up  his 
arrearages  until  that  time,  he  will  then  be  dismissed  from 
his  Fellowship  in  the  Society  at  his  request. 
Voted  that  D'  Edmund  Carlton's  request  of  Haverhill  be 
so  far  granted,  that  he  be  considered  an  Honorary  Mem- 
ber of  the  Society. 

Voted  Docf  David  L.  Morril,  D^  Lerned,  D^  Morse,  D"" 
Crosby,  and  D""  Woodberry  be  a  Committee  to  audit  the 
Treasurer's  Accounts. 

Voted   that   D""   Thomas   S.    Ranney's   request   be   so   far 
granted  (that  on  his  paying  up  his  arrears  to  1815)  he  be 
considered  an  honorary  Member  of  this  Society. 
Proceeded  to  the  Elections  for  the  year  ensuing. 
Voted  D""  Lerned,   D""  David  L.   Morril,    and  D""' Crosby 
Scrutineers. 

Voted  Hon.  Josiah  Bartlett,  President. 
Voted  D""  Matthias  Spalding,  Vice-President. 
Voted  Doctors  Ebenezer  Lerned,  Peter  Green,  Robert  Bart- 
ley,  David  L.  Morril  and  Seth  Fogg  Counsellors. 
Voted  Samuel  Morril,  Secretary. 
Voted  D""  Thomas  Sargent,  Treasurer. 
Voted  D""  James  H.  Pierrepont,  Librarian 
Voted    D"    Ebenezer    Lerned,    Samuel    Morril,    Matthias 
Spalding,  James  Crombie,  James  H.  Pierrepont,  Jedediah 
IngalLs.  Asa  Crosby  and  Samuel  Pray,  Censors. 

Voted  D-"^  Matthias  Spalding,  Seth  Fogg,  Peter  Green, 
and  Asa  Crosby  Deputy  Librarians 

Voted  that  the  thanks  of  the  Society  be  presented  to  D*" 


Records  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society         109 

Spalding  for  his  ingeaious  Dissertation  on  the  use  and 
properties  of  Arsenic,  read  before  them  this  Day,  and  that 
he  be  requested  to  lodge  a  Copy  with  the  Secretary. 

Voted  that  D""  David  L.  Morrill,  D""  Ebenezer  Lerned 
and  D'"  Robert  Woodberry  be  a  Committee  to  examine  the 
Charter  of  the  N.  H.  Medical  Society,  and  if  they  think 
proper  to  petition  the  Legislature  for  an  alteration. 

Voted  that  the  Report  of  the  Committee  appointed  to 
revise  the  By-Laws  be  accepted. 

Voted  that  a  resolve  passed  in  June  1815  in  the  words 
following  be  repealed  "resolved  that  the  assessment  of  two 
Dollars  on  each  associate  Member  agreeably  to  the  Library 
Laws  be  suspended,  and  that  each  District  Society  be  at 
the  expense  of  conveying  the  Books  to  and  from  the  Gen- 
eral Library,  and  accountable  for  all  damages  that  may 
arise  from  said  conveyance." 

Voted  to  accept  the  Report  of  the  Auditors  on  the  Treas- 
urer's Accounts  as  follows, 

"We  the  Subscribers  Auditors  of  the  Treasurer's  Ac- 
counts for  the  last  year,  having  examined  the  same,  find 
them  properly  vouched  and  correctly  cast;  and  now  re- 
maining in  his  hands  $124"18/2;  In  arrears  $693"75. 
June  4'!^  1816 

David  L.  Morril      1 

Robert  Woodberry    I  Auditors 

Caleb  Morse  J 

Voted  that  D"-  Josiah  Bartlett,  D""  William  Cutter  and  D'' 
Seth  Fogg  be  a  Committee  on  the  Library 

Voted  that  a  Committee  be  appointed  to  procure  300 
printed  Copies  of  the  Charter  and  By-Laws  of  the  N.  H. 
Medical  Society  for  the  use  of  the  Society 

Voted  that  the  Secretary  be  the  above  Committee. 

Voted  that  D""  Reuben  D.  Mussey  of  Hanover  be  a  Fel- 
low of  the  N.  H.  Medical  Society 

Voted  that  the  account  of  the  Committee  appointed  to 
revise  the  By-Laws  be  paid  out  of  the  Treasury 


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Voted  to  adjourn  at  9  OClock  A.  M.  tomorrow  to  meet 
at  this  place 

Met  agreeably  to  adjournment 

Voted  that  the  expenses  of  the  Society  be  paid  out  of 
the   Treasury  and  that  Money  be   appropriated  therefor 

Docf  Reuben  D.  Mussey  a  Fellow  of  the  N.  H.  Medical 
Society  appeared  and  took  his  seat. 

Voted  that  the  Tax  due  from  D*"  Nathaniel  Peabody  be 
suspended  and  that  the  Treasurer  be  directed  not  to  assess 
a  Tax  on  him  until  further  orders  from  the  Society 

Docf  Alexander  T.  Clark  a  Fellow  of  the  N.  H.  Medical 
Society  appeared  and  took  his  seat 

Voted  that  the  money  appropriated  in  1815  for  the  pur- 
chase of  Books  if  unexpended,  be  expended  for  the  purpose 
of  purchasing  periodical  publications  of  the  middle  and 
eastern  States  in  conformity  to  a  vote  passed  in  1815. 

Voted  that  D""  Reuben  D.  Mussey  and  D'"  James  H.  Pierre- 
pont  be  Orators  for  1817 

Voted  that  if  necessary  D""  J.  H.  Pierrepont  is  authorized 
to  call  a  Meeting  the  Eastern  District  N.  H.  ]\Iedical  So- 
ciety in  Sept  next. 

Voted  to  adjourn  to  Concord  to  meet  on  the  Tuesday 
preceding  the  first  Wednesday  of  June  1817  at  10  OClock 
A.  M. 

Sam'  Morril,  Secretary 

At  a  Meeting  of  the  President  and  Council  of  the  N. 
H.  Medical  Society  holden  at  Concord  on  the  5*^  Day  of 
June  1816 

The  Hon.  Josiah  Bartlett  President  in  the  Chair 

Counsellors  present,  Doctors  Lerned,  Green,  Bartley,  and 
Fogg 

A  Petition  was  presented  by  Doct"  Spalding,  Bartley 
and  Crombie  Fellows  of  the  N.  H.  Medical  Society  as  fol- 
lows : 

"To  the  President  and  Council  of  the  New-Hampshire 
Medical  Society.     Gentlemen. 

The  undersigned  Fellows  of  the  New-Hampshire  Medical 


Records  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society       111 

Society  beg  leave  to  represent,  that  they  now  are  members 
of  the  Centre  District  N.  H.  Medical  Society  and  that  they 
conceive  that  it  would  promote  medical  information  as  well 
[as]  conduce  to  the  convenience  of  the  members  residing 
in  the  southern  part  of  said  District  that  a  new  Society 
be  organized  to  be  called  the  Southern  District  N.  H.  Medi- 
cal Society  comprising  the  Towns  in  the  southern  part  of 
the  County  of  Hillsborough  &  such  adjacent  Towns  in  the 
County  of  Rockingham  and  County  of  Cheshire  as  would 
most  convene  the  Members  of  said  Counties  &  that  the 
meetings  be  held  in  Amherst. 

As  in  duty  bound  will  pray 

Matthias   Spalding 
James  Crombie 
Robert  Bartley 
Concord  June  5'"  1816 


State  of  New-Hampshire 

By  the  President  and  Council  of  the  N.  H. 
Medical  Society  To  Matthias  Spalding, 
James  Combie  &  Robert  Bartley,  Fel- 
lows of  said  Society 

Greeting — 

Your  application  made  in  due  form  requesting  that  a  Dis- 
trict Medical  Society  might  be  instituted  to  consist  of  the 
Fellows  of  the  N.  H.  Medical  Society  residing  in  the  south- 
ern part  of  the  Centre  District  and  comprising  the  Towns 
in  the  southern  part  of  the  County  of  Hillsborough  and 
such  adjacent  parts  of  the  Counties  of  Rockingham  and 
Cheshire  as  would  most  convene  the  Members  of  said  Coun- 
ties— was  duly  considered  by  the  President  &  Council  on 
the  5*^**  Day  of  June  Anno  Domini  1816 — And  it  was  there- 
upon resolved  that  your  request  should  be  granted.  Be  it 
therefore  known  that  pursuant  to  the  Charter  of  the  N.  H. 
Medical  Society  and  in  conformity  to  the  ByLaws  of  the 
same  a  District  Society  by  the  name  of  the  Southern  Dis- 


L.  S. 


112       Records  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society 

trict  N.  H.  Medical  Society  is  hereby  established  to  con- 
sist of  the  Fellows  of  the  N.  H.  ]\Iedical  Society  now  resi- 
dent and  of  those  who  shall  hereafter  reside  in  the  limits 
above  described ;  and  Matthias  Spalding  of  Amherst  is  here- 
by authorized  to  call  a  Meeting  of  the  Fellows  and  asso- 
ciates of  the  N.  H.  Medical  Society  now  resident  within 
the  District  aforesaid  for  the  purpose  of  electing  Officers 
and  transacting  such  other  business  as  they  shall  deem 
expedient. 

In  testimony  whereof  the  President  pursuant  to  the 
aforesaid  resolve  has  hereunto  subscribed  his  name 
and  affixed  the  Seal  of  the  Society  at  Concord  this 
5'^''  Day  of  June  Anno  Domini  1816 

Josiah  Bartlett,  President 
Sam'  Morril,  Secretary. 

June  4''^  and  d'""  1816 

D""  Thomas  Sargeant  proposed  D""  Josiah  Dwight  of  Ports- 
mouth 

D""  Matthias  Spalding  proposed  D""  Daniel  Adams  of  Mont 
Vernon 

D""  Seth  Fogg  proposed  D^  Abel  Blanchard  of  Pembroke 
D""  Sam'  Morril  proposed  D''  Silas  Merrill  of  Andover 
D*"  Josiah  Bartlett  proposed  D""  James  Odell  of  Stratham 
D''  Matthias  Spalding  proposed  D'"  Abel  Goodrich  of  Merri- 
mack 

D""  Sam'  ]\Iorrill  proposed  D^  Amasa  Kelly  of  Chichester 
and  D""  John  Carr  of  Sanbornton 

D""  Matthias  Spalding  proposed  D""  William  Graves  of  Deer- 
field  and  D""  Moses  Kidder  of  Dublin 

To  become  Fellows  of  the  New-Hampshire  Medical  So- 
ciety— all  of  which  were  approved  by  the  Council 

Sam'  Morril,  Secretary 


State  of  New  Hampshire 
This  certifies  that  we  the  Subscribers  Censors  of  the  New- 
Hampshire  Medical  Society,  have  examined  John  B.  El- 


Kecords  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society       113 

Hot  of  said  State,  a  Candidate  for  the  practice  of  Physic 
and  Surgery,  respecting  his  skill  and  knowledge  therein, 
and  having  found  him  duly  qualified  therefor,  do  in  tes- 
timony of  our  approbation  hereunto  subscribe  our  names  at 
Dover  this  IS""  day  of  February  Anno  Domini  1817 

Asa.  Crosby    )   Censors  of  the  N.  H. 

Sam'  Pray      (  Medical  Society 
Attest,  Sam'  ^lorril,  Sec'y 


State  of  New-Hampshire 

These  may  certify  that  we  the  Subscribers,  Censors  of 
the  Southern  District  New-Hampshire  Medical  Society, 
Have  examined  Doctor  John  Wallace  of  said  State  a  Can- 
didate for  the  practice  of  Physic  &  Surgery,  respecting  his 
skill  &  knowledge  therein,  and  having  found  him  duly 
qualified  therefor,  do  in  testimony  of  our  approbation 
hereunto  subscribe  our  names  at  Amherst  this  first  day  of 
October  AD  1816 

Matthias  Spalding    )   Censors  of  the  S.  D. 

James  Crombie         (  N.  H.  Med.  S. 
Attest,  Sam'  Morril,  Sec'y 


State  of  New-Hampshire 

This  may  certify  that  we  the  Subscribers  Censors  of  the 
New-Hampshire  Medical  Society  have  examined  Joseph 
Hammonds  of  Farmington  in  said  State,  a  Candidate  for 
the  practice  of  Physic  and  Surgery,  respecting  his  skill  and 
knowledge  therein,  and  having  found  him  duly  qualified 
therefor,  do  in  testimony  of  our  approbation  hereunto  sub- 
scribe our  names  at  New  Durham  this  13""  Day  of  November 
Anno  Domini  1816 

Asa  Crosby    )   Censors  of  the 
Sam'  Pray      J  N.  H.  Med.  Soc. 
Attest,  Sam'  Morril,  Sec'y 


114       Records  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society 

State  of  New-Hampshire 
These  may  certify  that  we  the  Subscribers,  Censors  of 
the  Strafford  District  of  the  New  Hampshire  Medical  So- 
siety  have  examined  Hczekiah  J.  Crockett  of  Middleton  in 
said  State,  a  Candidate  for  the  practice  of  Physic  and 
Surgery,  respecting-  his  skill  and  knowledge  therein,  and 
having  found  him  duly  qualified  therefor,  do,  in  testimony 
of  our  approbation,  hereunto  subscribe  our  names  at  Gil- 
manton  this  second  Day  of  June  Anno  Domini  1817 

Asa  Crosby    )   Censors  of  the  N.  H. 
Sam'  Pray      C  Med.  Society 
Attest, 

Sam'  Morril,  Sec'y 


State  of  New-Hampshire 
This  certifies  that  we  the  Subscribers  Censors  of  the  New- 
Hampshire  Medical  Society,  have  examined  Docf  John 
M'^Crillis  of  Wakefield  in  said  State,  a  Candidate  for  the 
practice  of  Physic  &  Surgery,  respecting  his  skill  &  knowl- 
edge therein,  and  having  found  him  duly  qualified  there- 
for, do,  in  testimony  of  our  approbation,  hereunto  sub- 
scribe our  names  at  New-Durham  this  thirteenth  day  of 
November  Anno  Domini  1816 

Asa  Crosby    )   Censors  of  the  N.  H. 
Sam'  Pray      ^  Med.  Society 
Attest, 

Sam'  Morril,  SecV 


At  the  annual  Meeting  of  the  New-Hampshire  Medical 
Society  holden  at  Concord  on  Tuesday  the  3'"''  Day  of  June 
1817 :  were  present  the  following  Fellows  Viz :  Doctors 
Josiah  Bartlett,  Ebenezer  Lerned,  Matthias  Spalding,  Peter 
Green,  David  L.  ]Morril,  Job  Wilson,  Reuben  D.  Mussey, 
Moses  Long,  Alexander  T.  Clark,  Asa  Crosby,  Samuel  Pray, 


Records  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society       115 

Jedediah   Chapman,   Thomas   Sargeant,   James   Stark   and 
Sam>  Morril 

Meeting  opened. 
Docf  Josiah  Bartlett  President  in  the  Chair 

Minutes  of  the  annual  Meeting  in  June  1816  were  read 
The  following  Gentlemen  who  w^ere  proposed  to  the 
Fellowship  in  1816  were  balloted  for,  and  duly  elected  Viz : 
Docf  Abel  Blanchard  of  Pembroke,  D""  Silas  Merrill  of 
Andover,  D""  James  Odell  of  Stratham,  D""  Daniel  Adams  of 
Mont  Vernon,  D""  Josiah  Dwight  of  Portsmouth,  D''  Amasa 
Kelly  of  Chichester,  D''  John  Carr  of  Sanbornton,  and 
D^  Moses  Kidder  of  Dublin 

Docf  Abel  Blanchard,  D""  Silas  Merril  and  D""  James 
Odell  Fellows  of  the  N.  H.  Medical  Society  appeared  and 
took  their  seats. 

Proceeded  to  the  Elections  for  the  year  ensuing. 
Voted  Hon.  Josiah  Bartlett  President. 
Voted  Docf  Matthias  Spalding  Vice-President. 
Voted  Doctors  James  H.  Pierrepont,  Daniel  Adams,  Peter 
Green,   Asa   Crosby  and  Reuben  D.   Mussey  Counsellors. 
The  President  and  Secretary  of  the  Eastern,  Centre,  West- 
em,  Strafford,  and  Southern  Districts  are  also  Counsellors 
Ex  Officio. 

Voted  Samuel  Morril  Secretary 
Voted  Docf  Moses  Long  Treasurer 
Voted  Dr.  Peter  Green  Librarian 

Voted  Doctors  James  H.  Pierrepont,  Jedediah  Ingalls, 
Ebenezer  Lerned,  Samuel  Morril,  Daniel  Adams  of  Mont 
Vernon,  Matthias  Spalding,  Asa  Crosby,  Samuel  Pray,  Reu- 
ben D.  Mussey  and  John  P.  Bachelder  Censors. 
Voted  Doctors  Lerned,  Wilson,  Spalding  and  Merrill  a 
Committee  to  audit  the  Treasurer's  Accounts 
Voted  Doctors  Josiah  Bartlett,  Samuel  Morril  and  Moses 
Long  a  Committee  to  examine  the  Library  and  hand  over 
the  same  to  the  new  Librarian,  and  settle  all  arrears  rela- 
tive to  the  Library. 


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Voted  D""  James  H.  Pierrepont,  D""  Matthias  Spalding,  D"" 
Crosby,  and  D""  Adams  of  Keene  Deputy  Librarians. 
Voted  Docf  James  H.  Pierrepont  and  Doef  David  L.  Mor- 
ril  Orators  for  1818 

Voted  that  the  2"^  Section,  Chapter  first  of  the  Laws  of 
the  Society  be  so  amended  as  to  read  as  folloM's  "At  this 
meeting  there  shall  be  elected  a  President  a  Vice  President 
the  latter  of  whom  shall  be  a  Counsellor  ex  officio  and  one 
Counsellor  from  each  District;  the  presiding  officer  and 
Secretary  of  each  District  Society  being  Fellows  shall  be 
Counsellors  ex  officio,  likewise  a  Secretary,  Treasurer,  Li- 
brarian, and  ten  Censors,  so  situated  as  best  to  accommo- 
date the  several  Districts,  all  of  whom  shall  be  chosen  by 
ballot." 

Voted  that  the  third  Section  Chapter  second  be  amended 
and  the  following  be  inserted  after  the  w^ords  annual  Meet- 
ing of  the  Society  "Three  of  whom  shall  constitute  a  quo- 
rum." 

Voted  that  Sec.  5^'^  Chapter  2°'^  be  amended  and  the 
words  ' '  a  Copy  of ' '  precede  the  words  the  Accounts. 
Voted  that  the  Oaths  of  office  be  suspended  for  the  present. 
Voted  that  the  thanks  of  the  Society  be  presented  to  Docf 
Mussey  for  his  very  ingenious  and  instructive  Dissertation 
delivered  before  the  Society  this  Daj",  and  that  he  be  re- 
quested to  furnish  Copy  for  the  use  of  the  Society. 
Patients  admitted  for  examination. 

One  with  an  atfection  of  the  knee  and  thigh  Bone  recom- 
mended Muriate  Lime  Phos.  ferri  &c.  Another  with  an  af- 
fection of  the  Foot  &  Ancle  and  loss  of  speech,  recom- 
mended a  Drain  bathing  with  cold  salt  Water  Bark  &  Steel 
&c.  Another  with  a  Curvature  of  the  Spine  recommended 
Caustic  ^Muriate  of  Lime,  cold  bathing  «S:e.  Another  with  a 
Tumefaction  of  the  Neck  recommended  Solution  of  Arse- 
nic, Mountain  Ash  &c.  Another  an  inflammation  of  the 
Eye  occasioned  by  the  explosion  of  Gunpowder. 

Concord  June  3'^  1817. 

The  subscribers  Auditors  of  the  Treasurer's  accounts  for 


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the  last  year,  report  that  there  is  now  due  from  said 
Treasurer  and  in  his  hands  eighty  six  Dollars  and  sixtj^ 
six  cents  &  a  half;  likewise  arrears  from  sundry  Members 
amounting  to  seven  hundred  and  one  Dollars  and  seventy 
five  cents. 

Ehen  Lerned  ] 

Matthias  Spalding    J>  Committee 

Silas  Merrill  J 

Voted  that  the  account  of  Samuel  Morril  amounting  to 
$3.42  be  accepted  and  paid  by  the  Treasurer. 
Voted  that  the  Treasurer  loan  what  money  he  has  on  hand, 
and  can  collect  for  the  use  of  the  Society. 
Voted  that  Sam'  Morril,  D"".  Blanchard  and  D'"  Wilson  be 
a  Committee  to  inspect  the  Library  and  audit  the  Treas- 
urer's Accounts  on  the  Monday  preceding  the  annual 
Meeting. 

Voted  that  those  ]\Iembers  who  are  in  arrears,  and  are 
not  much  benefited  by  the  institution  on  paying  up  their 
arrears,  shall  be  considered  as  honorary  Members  of  the 
Society,  and  shall  not  hereafter  be  assessed,  signifying  a 
wish  to  that  effect. 

Voted  that  the  next  Meeting  of  the  Society  be  holden  at  this 
place. 

Meeting  adjourned 
Sam'  Morril,  Secretary. 

Concord  June  3'"^  and  4**^  1817 
Docf  E.  Lerned  proposed  Docf  Cyrus  Perkins  of  Hanover, 
Docf  David  Carter  of  Peterborough,  Docf  Peter  Bartlett 
of  Salisbury,  Docf  John  Proctor  of  Salisbury,  Docf  Joseph 
M.  Harper  of  Canterbury. 

Docf  James  Crombie  proposed  Docf  John  Preston  of  New 
Ipswich. 

Docf  Lerned  proposed  Josiah  Crosby  M.  D.  of  Gilford 
Docf  Pray  proposed  Docf  William  Preseott  of  Gilmanton 
Docf  Sam'  Morril  proposed  Docf  Thomas  Chadbourne  of 
Concord 


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To  become  Fellows  of  the  New-Hampshire  Medical  Society, 
all  of  which  were  approved  by  the  Council. 
Sam'  Morril,  Secretary 

State  of  New-Hampshire 

This  may  certify  that  we  the  subscribers  Censors  of  the 
New-Hampshire  Medical  Society  have  examined  Docf 
Thomas  H.  Merril  of  Gilmanton  in  said  State  a  Candidate 
for  the  practice  of  Physic  and  Surgery,  respecting  his  skill 
&  knowledge  therein,  and  having  found  him  duly  qualified 
therefor,  do  in  testimony  of  our  approbation  hereunto  sub- 
scribe our  names  at  New  Durham  this  thirteenth  Day  of 
November  Anno  Domini  1816 

Asa  Crosby    )   Censors  of  the 
Sam'  Pray      \  N.  H.  Medical  Society 
Attest, 

Sam'  Morril,  Sec'y 

State  of  New-Hampshire 

These  may  certify  that  we  the  subscribers,  Censors  of  the 
Southern  District  New-Hampshire  Medical  Society  have 
examined  Peter  P.  Woodbury  of  said  State  a  Candidate 
for  the  practice  of  Physic  and  Surgery,  respecting  his  skill 
&  knowledge  therein,  and  having  found  him  duly  qualified 
therefor,  do,  in  testimony  of  our  approbation  hereunto  sub- 
scribe our  names  at  Amherst  this  first  Day  of  October 
ADomini  1816 

Matthias  Spalding    J   Censors  of  the  Southern 
James  Crombie  C  District    N.  H.  Med.  Society 

Attest 

Sam'  Morril,  Sec'y 

State  of  New-Hampshire 

This  may  certify  that  we  the  subscribers,  Censors  of  the 
New-Hampshire  Medical  Society,  have  examined  William 
Trafton  of  South  Berwick  in  the  District  of  Maine,  a  can- 
didate for  the  practice  of  Physic  and  Surgery  respecting 


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his  skill  and  knowledge  therein,  &  having  found  him  duly 
qualified  therefor,  do,  in  testimony  of  our  approbation  here- 
unto subscribe  our  names  at  Hanover  this  23'''^  Day  of  De- 
cember Anno  Domini  1817 

Eeuben  D.  Mussey    )   Censors  of  the  N.  H. 

J.  P.  Bachelder        f  Medical  Society 
Attest, 

S.  Morril,  Sec'y 


State  of  New  Hampshire 

This  may  certify  that  we  the  subscribers  Censors  of  the 
New  Hampshire  Medical  Society  have  examined  Aaron 
Pierce  of  Barnard  in  the  State  of  Vermont,  a  Candidate  for 
the  practice  of  Physic  &  Surgery,  respecting  his  skill  & 
knowledge  therein,  and  having  found  him  duly  qualified 
therefor,  do,  in  testimony  of  our  approbation,  hereunto 
subscribe  our  names  at  Hanover  this  23'"'^  Day  of  December 
Anno  Domini  1817 

Reuben  D.  Mussey    )   Censors  of  the  N.  H. 
J.  P.  Bachelder         (  Medical  Society 
Attest, 

S.  Morril  Sec'y 


State  of  New  Hampshire 

This  may  certify  that  we  the  subscribers.  Censors  of  the 
New  Hampshire  Medical  Society,  have  examined  David  A. 
Grosvenor  of  Manchester  in  the  State  of  Massachusetts,  a 
Candidate  for  the  practice  of  Physic  &  Surgery,  respecting 
his  skill  &  knowledge  therein,  and  having  found  him  duly 
qualified  therefor,  do,  in  testimony  of  our  approbation 
hereunto  subscribe  our  names  at  Hanover  this  23'"'^  Day  of 
December  Anno  Domini  1817 

Reuben  D.  Mussey    )   Censors  of  the  N.  H. 
J.  P.  Bachelder  J  Medical  Society 

Attest, 

S.  Morril,  Sec'y 


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Portsmouth  April  10^»>  1818 
We  the  Subscribers  certify  that  Messrs  G.  Odell  and  Fi- 
field  have  been  examined  as  to  their  qualifications  for  the 
practice  of  Medicine  and  do  approve  thereof. 

James  H.  Pierrepont    )   Censors  of  the 
Jedediah  Ingalls  J  N.  H.  M.  Soc. 

Attest, 

Sam^  Morril,  Sec'y 


State  of  New  Hampshire 

These  may  certify  that  we  the  Subscribers  Censors  of  the 
Southern  District  of  the  New-Hampshire  Medical  Society 
have  examined  j\P  John  Campbell  now  resident  in  said  State 
a  Candidate  for  the  practice  of  Physic  and  Surgery  respect- 
ing his  skill  &  knowledge  therein  and  having  found  him 
duly  qualified  therefor,  do,  in  testimonj'  of  our  approbation 
hereunto  subscribe  our  names  at  Amherst  this  22°'^  day  of 
April  A.  D.  1817 

Matthias  Spalding   |   Censors  of  the 
James  Crombie         J  N.  H.  Med.  Society 
Attest, 

S.  Morril,  Sec'y 


State  of  New  Hampshire 

This  may  certify  that  we  the  Subscribers,  Censors  of  the 
New  Hampshire  Medical  Society,  have  examined  Joseph 
Boynton  of  Holies,  in  said  State,  a  candidate  for  the  Prac- 
tice of  f*hysic  and  Surgery,  respecting  his  skill  and  knowl- 
edge therein,  and  having  found  him  duly  qualified  there- 
for, do,  in  testimony  of  our  approbation,  hereunto  subscribe 
our  names,  at  Amherst  this  thirtieth  day  of  May,  Anno 
Domini  1818. 

]\Iatthias    Spalding  ]      Censors  of  the 
Daniel  Adams  ^  N.  H.  Med.  Society 

Attest, 

S.  Morril,  Sec'y 


Kecords  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society       121 

State  of  New  Hampshire 

This  may  certify  that  we  the  Subscribers  Censors  of  the 
New-Hampshire  Medical  Society  have  examined  M""  Abner 
Johnson  of  Springfield  in  said  State  a  Candidate  for  the 
practice  of  Physic  &  Surgery  respecting  his  skill  &  knowl- 
edge therein,  and  having  found  him  duly  qualified  there- 
for, do,  in  testimony  of  our  approbation  hereunto  subscribe 
our  names  at  Concord  this  4'''  Day  of  June  Anno  Domini 
1818. 

Eben'"  Lerned    )       ^ 

}       Censors 
Sam'  Mornl       i 

Attest, 

S.  Morril,  Sec'y 


This  may  certify  that  we  the  subscribers  Censors  of  the 
New-Hampshire  Medical  Society  have  examined  M""  Samuel 
Sawyer  of  Hopkinton  in  said  State  a  Candidate  for  the 
practice  of  Physic  and  Surgery  respecting  his  skill  and 
Knowledge  therein,  and  having  found  him  duly  qualified 
therefor,  do,  in  testimony  of  our  approbation  hereunto  sub- 
scribe our  names  at  Concord  this  4'^^  Day  of  June  Anno 
Domini  1818. 

Eben'"  Lerned    )       „ 

^,      ,  ,r      -1       r      Censors 

Sam'  Mornl       I 

Attest, 

S.  Morril.  Sec'y 


^NP  William  A.  Staples  has  been  examined  respecting 
his  knowledge  of  the  practice  of  Medicine  and  Surgery  & 
its  auxiliary  branches,  &  is  approved,  in  testimony  thereof 
we  the  undersigned  do  subscribe  our  names 

Jede*"  Ingalls  )   Censors  of  the  E.  D. 

James  H.  Pierrepont    J  N.  H.  M.  S. 
Portsmouth  Oct.  20,  1818 
Attest, 

S.  Morril,  Sec'y. 


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State  of  New  Hampshire 
This  may  certify  that  we  the  Subscribers  Censors  of  the 
New  Hampshire  Medical  Society  have  examined  D""  James 
Farrington  of  Conway  in  said  State  of  New  Hampshire,  a 
Candidate  for  the  practice  of  physic  &  Surgery,  respecting 
his  skill  and  knowledge  therein,  and  having  found  him  duly 
qualified  therefor,  do,  in  testimony  of  our  approbation, 
liereunto  subscribe  our  names  at  Farmington  this  21st  day 
of  July  Anno  Domini  1818 

Asa  Crosby        )   Censors  of  the 
Samuel  Pray     J  N.  H.  M.  S. 
Attest,     S.  Morril,  Sec'y 

State  of  New  Hampshire. 

This  may  certify  that  Ave  the  subscribers  Censors  of  the 
New  Hampshire  Medical  Society  have  examined  M''  Walter 
I.  Wardrobe  a  Candidate  for  the  practice  of  physic  &  Sur- 
gery respecting  his  skill  &  Knowledge  therein,  and  having 
found  him  duly  qualified  therefor,  do,  in  testimony  of  our 
approbation  hereunto  subscribe  our  names  at  Concord  this 
5*"^  day  of  June  Anno  Domini  1817 

Eben''  Lerued  )      ^ 
Sam-  Morril      \      ^''''°'' 
Attest, 

S.  Morril,  Sec  'y 


At  the  annual  Meeting  of  the  New  Hampshire  Medical  So- 
ciety holden  at  Concord  June  2"*^  1818  were  present  the  fol- 
lowing Fellows  Viz : 

Doctors  Josiah  Bartlett,  Matthias  Spalding,  Peter  Green, 
Robert  Hartley,  Asa  Crosby,  Samuel  Foster,  Seth  Fogg, 
Caleb  Morse,  Joseph  Boyden,  Silas  Merril,  Ebenezer  Ler- 
ned,  John  Carr,  David  L.  Morril,  Thomas  Shannon, 
James  Clark,  Thomas  Chadbourne,  Josiah  Crosby  and  Sam- 
uel Morril. 

Meeting  Opened. 
Hon.  Josiah  Bartlett  President  in  the  Chair. 


Kecords  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society       123 

Minutes  of  the  annual  ^Meeting  in  June  1817  were  read. 
The  following  gentlemen  who  were  proposed  to  the  Fel- 
lowship in  1817  were  balloted  for  and  duly  elected  Viz: 
D""  William  Prescott  of  Gilmanton,  D""  Josiah   Crosby  of 
Deerfield,   D'"  Thomas    Chadbourne   of  Concord,    D'"  John 
Preston  of  New  Ipswich,  D'"  Cyrus  Perkins  of  Hanover, 
D""  Peter  Bartlett  of  Salisbury,  D''  John  Procter  of  Salis- 
bury, D""  Joseph  M.  Harper  of  Canterbury. 
Docf  Josiah  Crosby  and  Docf  Thomas  Chadbourne  Fel- 
lows of  the  N.  H.  Medical  Society  appeared  and  took  their 
seats. 

Proceeded  to  the  Elections  for  the  year  ensuing. 
Voted  the  Hon.  Josiah  Bartlett  President. 
Voted  Docf  Matthias  Spalding  Vice-President 
Voted  Doct"  James  H.  Pierrepont,  Daniel  Adams  of  Mont 
Vernon,  Peter  Green,  Asa  Crosby  and  Reuben  D.  Mussey 
Counsellors. 

The  President  and  Secretary  of  the  Eastern,  Centre,  West- 
ern Strafford  and  Southern  Districts  are  also  Counsellows 
Ex  Officio. 

Voted  Samuel  Morril  Secretary 
Voted  Docf  Moses  Long  Treasurer 
Voted  Docf  Thomas  Chadbourne  Librarian 
Voted    Doctors    James    H.    Pierrepont,    Jedediah    Ingals, 
Ebenezer  Lerned,  Samuel  Morril,  Daniel  Adams  Mont  Ver- 
non, Matthias  Spalding,  Asa  Crosby,  Samuel  Pray,  Reuben 
D.  Mussey,  and  John  T.  Bachelder  Censors. 
Voted  D""^  Foster,  Chadbourne,  Spalding,  David  L.  Morril 
&  Morse  a  Committee  to  Audit  the  Treasurer's  Accounts. 
Voted  Doctors  James  H.   Pierrepont,  Matthias  Spalding, 
Samuel  Pray  and  John  T.  Bachelder  Deputy  Librarians. 
Voted  Doctors  James  H.  Pierrepont,  David  L.  Morril,  Asa 
Crosby  and  Samuel  Morril  Orators  for  1819 
Voted  to  adjourn  to  3  OClock  P.  M. 
Med  agreeably  to  adjournment. 

Voted  to  accept  the  following  report  of  the  Committee  on 
the  Library 


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Portsmouth  September  4"^  1817. 

Your  Comittee  on  examining  the  Library  found  the  follow- 
ing Books  missing,  and  which  could  not  be  accounted  for 
Viz: 

Alibert  on  Intermittents  1  Vol. 

John  and  Charles  Bells  Anatomy  2     ' ' 

Burns  on  Abortion  1     " 

Cheyne  on  Croup  1     " 

Duncan's  Medical  Cases  for  1784  1     " 

Fothergill's  Works  2     " 

Ford  on  the  Hip  Joint —  1     " 

Eush's  Sj^denham  1     " 

Home's  Medical  Facts  1     " 

Edinburg  Anatomy  1     " 

Rush's  Essays  1     " 

Rush  on  the  Mind  1     " 

Medical  Museum  Philadelphia  1     " 

Medical  &  physical  Journal  3  Vols. 

Miner 's  History  of  Trepanning  1      ' ' 

found  Pemberton's  Treatise  1     " 

New    England    Journal    of    Med.    & 

Surgery  3  Vols. 

Russell  on  Necrosis  1     " 

found  Saunders  on  the  Liver  1     " 

Willieh's  Lectures  1     " 

Trotter  on  Drunkenness  1     " 

Your  Committee  also  apportined  the  Books  remaining  in 
the  Library  to  the  several  Districts  (making  the  Fellows  in 
each  District  a  ratio)  agreeably  to  a  vote  of  the  Society,  as 
follows— To  the  Eastern  District  96  Vols,  to  the  Centre  100 
vols,  to  the  Western  56  vols,  to  the  Southern,  42  vols,  to 
the  Strafford  26  vols. 

Josiah  Bartlett   1 

Moses  Long  y  Committee 

Sam'l  Morril        J 

Voted  to  accept  the  first  proposition  of  the  President  and 
Council  as  follows  The  Council  believing  it  would  conduce 


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to  the  harmony  and  usefulness  of  the  Practitioners  of  Medi- 
cine that  police  Rules  relating  to  the  intercourse  of  the 
Members  with  each  other  in  their  professional  duties  be 
drawn  up  &  adopted  by  the  Society,  do  therefore  recom- 
mend that  a  Commitee  be  appointed  for  that  purpose. 
Voted  that  D""^  Spalding,  Adams  of  Mont  vernon,  &  N.  Far- 
ley be  the  Committee  to  take  into  consideration  the  above, 
proposition  and  report  thereon. 

Doctors  Asa  Crosby,  Matthias  Spalding  and  David  L. 
Morril  were  appointed  a  Committee  to  nominate  a  commit- 
tee to  attend  the  first  proposition  of  the  President  & 
Council. 

Voted  to  accept  the  second  proposition  of  the  President 
&  Council  as  follows — 

It  is  recommended  by  the  Council  that,  to  prevent  ex- 
travagant Fees  for  professional  duties,  or  the  disgraceful 
resort  to  the  pitiful  expedient  of  acquiring  practice  by  in- 
adequate fees,  that  the  Society  advise  the  Members  of  each 
district,  to  draw  up  a  Fee  Bill,  to  be  laid  before  the  Society 
at  its  next  Meeting. 

Voted  that  the  third  proposition  of  the  President  &  Coun- 
cil be  accepted  which  is  as  follows — It  is  proposed  as  an 
indispensable  Rule,  that  every  acting  Fellow  shall  be  at- 
tached to  some  District,  and  that,  on  his  ceasing  to  be  an 
acting  Fellow  is  to  be  considered  in  all  respects  as  an  hon- 
orary Member  only,  unless  degraded,  &  in  the  latter  case, 
he  is  to  be  considered  an  alien  from  every  branch  of  the 
Society. 

Voted  to  accept  the  fourth  proposition  of  the  President 
&  Council  which  is  as  follows — 

The  prosperity  and  utility  of  a  literary  and  scientific  in- 
stitution depending  greatly  on  its  Funds  for  acquiring 
Books  &e,  and  as  the  utility  of  the  INIedical  Society  would 
be  greatly  increased  by  a  permanent  Fund,  the  annual  in- 
come of  which,  should  be  directed  to  the  procurement  of 
Books  &  such  other  means  as  the  Society  deem  proper  to 
diffuse  knowledge  &  usefulness  among  our  Citizens;  there- 
fore it  is  advised  that  a  Committee  be  appointed  to  draw 


126       Records  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society 

lip  a  petition  to  the  Legislature  requesting  aid  to  effect 
the  object ;  as  enlightened  Governments  of  some,  if  not  all 
of  our  sister  States  have  already  done,  to  promote  medical 
science. 

Voted  that  Doctors  Josiah  Bartlett,  David  L.  jMorril,  Asa 
Crosby,  Dan  Hough  &  Thomas  Chadbourne  be  the  Com- 
mittee to  attend  to  the  above  proposition. 

Voted  that  a  Committee  consisting  of  three  Members  be 
appointed  to  correspond  with  the  New  York  Delegates  & 
the  Medical  Committees  of  the  neighboring  States  agree- 
ably to  the  propositions  from  the  New  York  Society,  and 
report  their  doings  to  the  President  of  this  Society. 

Voted  that  D""^  Spalding,  David  L.  Morril  and  Daniel 
Adams  be  the  above  Committee. 

Patients  admitted  for  examination — 

One  with  a  Spasmodic  affection  of  the  Esophagus.  Medi- 
cines recommended,  Stimulating  Tonics,  Pills  of  Civeta  & 
Soda,  also  a  Pill  composed  of  Quassia  Sulph.  Zinc  & 
Opium. 

Voted  to  continue  the  Rule  heretofore  adopted  respecting 
the  annual  Tax. 

Voted  to  remit  D^  Samuel  Fosters  Taxes  in  arrears  up 
t'o  this  day. 

Voted  to  adjourn  to  June  the  S'"'^  1818  then  to  meet  at  8 
oClock  A.  M. 
Met  agreeably  to  adjournment  June  S""*^  1818. 

Docf  William  Preseott  of  Gilmanton  a  Fellow  of  the  So- 
ciety appeared  and  took  his  seat. 

Concord,  June  3^<^  1818. 
The   Subscribers,  Auditors  of  the   Treasurer's   accounts 
for  the  last  year  report,  that  there  is  now  due  from  him  and 
in  his  hands  $115.40  and  in  arrears  $672.71  amounting  to 
$788.11 

Samuel  Foster         1 
Matthias  Spalding    J.  Committee 
Caleb  Morse  J 

Accepted 


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The  Committee  subjoin  the  following  P.  S.  to  their  re- 
port. In  the  above  sum  of  cash  is  included  a  5  Dollar  Bill 
believed  to  be  bad  for  the  Society  to  act  upon.  Voted  that 
the  above  Bill  be  destroj'ed,  and  that  the  Treasurer  be  al- 
lowed therefor. 

The  Committee  also  recommend  the  remission  of  the 
arrears  due  from  the  following  Fellows  Viz  From  D''  Ed- 
mund Chadwick  6  Dollars- — from  D'"  Cogswell  52  Dollars — 
D'"  Frink  50  Dollars,  from  D""  Gove  47  Dollars,  from  D'" 
Peabody  32  Dollars.  Accepted.  Also  the  arrears  due  from 
D""  Russell  52  Dollars  and  from  D""  Sterne  50  Dollars  and 
there  names  be  striken  from  the  List. 

Voted  that  the  same  be  accepted. 

Voted  that  the  account  of  Samuel  Morril  amounting  to 
$7.17  be  paid  out  of  the  Treasury. 

Voted  that  the  Secretary  be  requested  to  write  to  D'" 
Parker  Secretary  of  the  Western  District,  and  request  him 
to  communicate  the  doings  of  said  Society ;  and  also  that  he 
present  him  with  6  copied  of  the  Laws. 

Docf  Peter  Bartlett  a  Fellow  of  the  Society  appeared 
and  took  his  seat. 

Voted  that  D""  David  L.  Morril  be  excused  for  not  deliv- 
ering an  Oration  the  last  year,  and  the  Society  hope  he  will 
be  able  to  deliver  one  in  June  1819. 

Voted  that  the  Treasurer  be  directed  to  write  to  each 
delinquent  once  in  three  years  who  has  been  so  for  three 
years  or  more,  and  he  continue  to  write  until  further  or- 
ders from  the  Society. 

Voted  that  each  person  appointed  as  Orator  in  the  So- 
ciety, having  been  informed  of  his  appointment  and  not 
declining,  be  fined  five  Dollars  for  delinquency,  unless  the 
delinquency  be  occasioned  by  sickness  or  death  in  his  own 
family. 

Voted  to  accept  D""^  Lerned  and  Chadbourne  as  the  Treas- 
urer's Bondsmen. 

Voted  that  the  next  meeting  of  the  Society  be  holden  at 


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this  place  and  that  this  meeting  stands  adjourned  to  the 
Tuesday  Preceding  the  first  Wednesday  of  June  1819. 

Sam'  Morril  Secretary 

Concord  June  2""^  &  3'^  1818 

Doef  Josiah  Bartlett  proposed  Docf  Nathan  Bachelder 
of  Epping  and. 

Docf  Matthias  Spalding  proposed  D""  Isaac  Wallace  of 
Londonderry  to  become  Fellows  of  the  N.  H.  Medical  So- 
ciety which  were  approved  by  the  Council 

Sam'  Morril.  Sec'y 

State  of  New  Hampshire 

This  may  certify  that  we  the  subscribers  Censors  of  the 
New  Hampshire  Medical  Society  have  examined  D''  Stephen 
Drew  of  Milton  in  said  State  a  Candidate  for  the  practice 
of  Physic  &  Surgery,  respecting  his  skill  and  knowledge 
therein,  and  having  found  him  duly  qualified  therefor, 
do,  in  testimony  of  our  approbation,  hereunto  subscribe  our 
names  at  Farmington,  this  21^'  day  of  July  Anno  Domini 
1818 

Asa  Crosby        )   Censors  of  the 
Samuel  Pray     J  N.  H.  Med.  Society 
Attest 

Sam'  Morril,  Sec'y 

Concord  May  5^''  1819. 

Docf  Lerned  proposed  Docf  Benj^  Parker  of  Concord, 
Docf  Long  proposed  D""  Henry  Bond  of  Concord,  and  Docf 
Spalding  proposed  D""  Noah  Hardy  of  Hollis  to  become  Fel- 
lows of  the  N.  H.  Med.  Society  which  were  approved  by  the 
Council. 

Sam'  Morril,  Sec'y 

At  a  special  Meeting  of  the  New  Hampshire  Medical  So- 
ciety holden  at  Concord  May  the  S^**  1819  were  present  the 


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following  Fellows  Viz.  Doctors  Matthias  Spalding,  Eben"" 
Lerned,  Peter  Green,  David  L.  Morril,  Moses  Long,  Thomas 
Chadbourne,  Joseph  M.  Harper,  John  Carr  &  Sam'  Morril 

Meeting  opened 

Doctor  M.  Spalding  Vice  President  in  the  Chair 
Conmiunications  relative  to  the  formation  of  an  American 
Pharmacopeia  were  read. 

The  Committee  appointed  to  correspond  with  the  New 
York  Delegates  and  the  Medical  Committee  of  the  neighbor- 
ing States  agreeably  to  the  propositions  from  the  New  York 
Society  and  report  their  doings  to  the  President  of  this  So- 
ciety, make  the  following  report  that  they  have  attended 
to  the  duty  assigned  them,  and  present  the  correspondence 
relating  to  the  contemplated  object  as  containing  all  the 
information  they  possess  on  the  subject,  and  recommend 
that  delegates  be  chosen  to  represent  this  Society  in  the 
northern  Convention,  to  be  holden  at  Boston  on  the  first 
day  of  June  next. 

Matthias  Spalding    )    ^ 

-r^     .TT     T.»-      -n      )■    L/Ommittee 

David  L.  Morrill      ( 

Voted,  that  the  foregoing  report  be  accepted. 

Voted,  that  D""^  Lerned,  Long  and  S.  Morril  be  a  Com- 
mittee to  nominate  suitable  Persons  as  delegates  to  repre- 
.sent  this  Society  in  the  District  Convention  of  the  northern 
States. 

The  following  Gentlemen  were  nominated  and  elected. 

Voted  that  D""  Reuben  D.  Mussey,  D""  Eben--  Lerned,  D'' 
Matthias  Spalding,  and  D''  John  P.  Bachelder  be  the  Dele- 
gates to  represent  this  Society  in  the  District  Convention 
of  the  northern  States,  which  Convention  is  to  be  holden 
in  Boston  on  the  first  day  of  June  1819  for  the  purpose  of 
forming  a  Pharmacopoeia. 

Voted  that  this  meeting  should  adjourn  sine  die 

Sam'  Morril,  Sec'y. 

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State  of  New-Hampshire 

This  may  certify  that  we  the  subscribers,  Censors  of  the 
New-Hampshire  Medical  Society,  have  examined  Peter 
Manning  of  Hollis  in  said  State  a  Candidate  for  the  prac- 
tice of  Physic  and  Surgery,  respecting  his  skill  &  Knowledge 
in  Anatomy  &  Surgery,  and  having  found  him  duly  quali- 
fied therefor,  do,  in  testimony  of  our  approbation,  hereunto 
subscribe  our  names  at  Amherst  this  lO*^''  Day  of  February 
Anno  Domini  1818 

Matthias  Spalding    )    Censors  of  the  N.  H. 

Daniel  Adams  C  Medical  Society 

Attest, 

Samuel  Morril,  Secretary. 


State  of  New-Hampshire 


This  may  certify  that  we  the  subscribers.  Censors  of  the 
New-Hampshire  Medical  Society,  have  examined  M^  Sam- 
uel Huston  of  Londonderry  in  said  State  a  Candidate  for 
the  practice  of  Physic  &  Surgery  respecting  his  skill  & 
knowledge  therein,  and  having  found  him  duly  qualified 
therefor,  do,  in  testimony  of  our  approbation,  hereunto  sub- 
scribe our  names  at  Concord  this  second  day  of  June  Anno 
Domini  1819 

Sam'  Morril     )    Censors  of  the 
Henry  Bond     \  N.  H.  Med.  Soc. 
Attest 

S.  Morril,  Sec  'y 


State  of  New-Hampshire 


This  may  certify  that  we  the  subscribers.  Censors  of  the 
New-Hampshire  Medical  Society,  have  examined  Doctor 
John  Chandler  of  Hebron,  in  said  State,  a  Candidate  for 
the  practice  of  Physic  &  Surgery  respecting  his  skill  & 


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knowledge  therein,  and  having  found  him  duly  qualified 
therefor,  do,  in  testimony  of  our  approbation,  hereunto  sub- 
scribe our  names  at  Concord,  this  third  Day  of  June  Anno 
Domini  1819 

Sam'  Morril      )   Censors  of  the 
Henry  Bond     j  N.  H.  M.  S. 
Attest, 

Samuel  Morril,  Sec'y 


State  of  Xew-Hampshire)  These  may  certify  that  we 
the  subscribers,  Censors  of  the  Eastern  District  of  the  New 
Hampshire  Medical  Society  have  examined  Joseph  Greeley 
of  said  State,  a  candidate  for  the  practice  of  Physic  and 
Surgery,  respecting  his  skill  &  knowledge  therein,  and  hav- 
ing found  him  duly  qualified  therefor,  do  in  testimony  of 
our  approbation  hereunto  subscribe  our  names  this  20'*'  Day 
of  July  ADomini  1812 

John  Fogg  )   Censors  of  the  Eastern 

Joshua  Brackett     J  Djstrict  N.  H.  M.  S. 
Recorded  July,  1819 
Attest,  Sam'  Morril,  Sec'y 

At  the  annual  Meeting  of  the  New-Hampshire  Medical 
Society  holden  at  Concord  June  1^'  1819  were  present  the 
following  Fellows  Viz. 

Doctors  Josiah  Bartlett,  Peter  Green,  Robert  Bartley,  Amos 
Twitchell,  Daniel  Adams,  George  Farrar,  Moses  Long, 
Thomas  Chadbourne,  Moses  Kidder,  James  Odell,  William 
Prescott,  Joseph  M.  Harper,  Josiah  Crosby,  and  Samuel 
]\Iorril. 

Meeting  Opened 

Hon.  Josiah  Bartlett,  President,  in  the  Chair. 
Minutes  of  the  annual  Meeting  in  June  1818  and  the  Spe- 
cial Meeting  in  May  1819  were  read. 

The  following  gentlemen  who  were  proposed  to  the  Fellow- 
ship in  June  1818  and  May  1819  were  balloted  for  and  duly 
elected. 


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D""  Nathan  Bachelder  of  Epping-,  D""  Isaac  Wallace  of  Lon- 
donderry, D""  Benjamin  Parker  of  Concord,  D''  Noah  Hardy 
of  Hollis,  and  D""  Henry  Bond  of  Concord. 
Doctor  Henry  Bond  a  Fellow  of  the  Society  appeared  and 
took  his  seat. 

Alexander  Ramsay  j\I.  D.  of  Fryeburgh  was  unanimously 
elected  an  Honorary  Member  of  this  Society. 

The  Committee  appointed  to  draught  a  Petition  to  the 
Legislature  for  pecuniary  aid  presented  the  following  which 
was  accepted. 

"To  the  Honorable 

[Remainder  of  petition  not  recorded] 

Docf  Benjamin  Parker  a  Fellow  of  the  Society  appeared 
and  took  his  seat. 

Alexander  Ramsey  M.  D.  an  honorary  JMember  of  the  So- 
ciety was  introduced  by  a  Committe  and  took  his  seat. 
Voted  that  D''^  Chadbourne,  Bond  and  Josiali  Crosby  be  a 
Committee  to  audit  the  Treasurer's  Accounts. 
Voted  to  adjourn  to  3  oClock  P.  M. 

Met  agreeably  to  adjournment. 
Voted  to  allow  to  D""  Thom  8  dollars  which  he  says  he  paid 
the  late  Treasurer  D''  Thomas  Sargeant,  which  is  not  cred- 
ited on  his  Books. 

The   Committee  appointed   to   audit   the  Treasurer's  Ac- 
counts made  the  following  report  which  was  accepted. 

"Concord  June  P'  1819. 
The  subscribers  Auditors  of  the  Treasurer's  accounts  for 
the  year  1818-19  report  that  they  have  examined  the  Treas- 
urer's acc'ts  &  find  that  there  are  in  his  hands  arrearages 
to  the  amount  of  $433.75  and  that  there  are  taxes  levied 
for  the  ensuing  year  for  $48  and  that  there  is  money  in  his 
hands  to  the  amount  of  $65.07 

Thos.  Chadbourne^ 

Henry  Bond  [-  Auditors 

Josiah  Crosby 


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Proceeded  to  the  Elections  for  the  year  ensuing. 
Voted  Hon.  Josiah  Bartlett,  President. 
Voted  Docf  Matthias  Spalding,  Vice-President. 
Voted  D"  James  H.  Pierrepont,  Daniel  Adams  (of  Mount 
vernon),  Peter  Green,  Asa  Crosby  and  Reuben  D.  ^Mussey 
Counsellors. 

The  President  and  Secretary  of  the  Eastern,  Center,  West- 
ern, Strafford  and  Southern  Districts  are  also  Counsellors 
Ex  Officio. 

Voted  Samuel  ]\Iorril,  Secretary. 
Voted  D^  !Moses  Long,  Treasurer. 
Voted  D""  Thomas  Chadbourne,  Librarian. 
Voted  D""^  James  H.  Pierrepont,  Jedediah  Ingalls,  Samuel 
^lorril,  Henry  Bond,  Daniel  Adams  (]\Iount  Vernon),  Mat- 
thias Spalding,  Asa  Crosby,  Samuel  Pray,  Reuben  D.  Mus- 
sey  and  John  P.  Bachelor,  Censors. 

Voted  D'^^    Josiah    Dwight,    ]\Iatthias    Spalding.    William 
Prescott  and  John  P.  Bachelder  Deputy  Librarians. 
Voted  Doctors  Henry  Bond  and  Josiah  Crosby  Orators  for 
1820. 

Voted  to  adopt  the  following  Police  Rules  reported  by  a 
Committee  of  the  Society. 

Medical  Police  of  the  New  Ham- 
pshire Medical  Society. 

Consultations  should  be  encouraged  in  difficult  &  protracted 
cases,  as  they  give  rise  to  confidence  energy  and  more  en- 
larged views  in  practice.  On  such  occasions  no  rivalship 
or  jealousy  should  be  indulged;  candour,  justice,  and  all 
due  respect  should  be  exercised  towards  the  Physician  who 
first  attended ;  and  as  he  may  be  presumed  to  be  best  ac- 
quainted with  the  patient,  and  his  family,  he  shall  deliver 
all  the  medical  directions  &  perform  such  operations  as  are 
agreed  on,  unless  he  request  other\nse.  It  should  be  the 
province  of  the  senior  consulting  physician  to  propose  the 
necessary  questions  to  the  sick.  The  consulting  physician 
is  never  to  visit  without  the  attending  one,  unless  by  the 
desire  of  the  latter,  or  when,  as  in  sudden  emergency,  he  is 


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not  to  be  found.  No  discussion  of  the  case  should  take 
place  before  the  patient  or  his  friends ;  and  no  prognostica- 
tions shall  be  delivered,  which  were  not  the  result  of  previ- 
ous deliberation  &  concurrence.  Theoretical  debates  should 
be  avoided  in  consultations  as  occasioning  perplexity,  and 
loss  of  time,  for  there  may  be  much  diversity  of  opinion  on 
speculative  points,  with  perfect  agreement  on  the  mode  of 
practice.  Physicians  in  consultations  should  divest  them- 
selves of  all  partialities,  and  think  of  nothing,  but  will  most 
effectually  contribute  to  the  relief  of  those  under  their  care. 
If  a  physicians  mind  is  not  open  to  conviction,  from  what- 
ever quarter  it  may  come,  he  should  in  honor  decline  the 
consultation.  In  consultations  all  discu.ssions  &  debates  are 
to  be  confidential  and  the  utmost  punctuality  should  be 
observed  in  consultation  visits.  Medicine  is  a  liberal  pro- 
fession, the  practitioners  ought  to  be  men  of  education  & 
their  expectation  of  business  should  be  founded  on  their 
qualifications,  not  on  artifice  and  insinuation.  A  certain 
undefinable  species  of  assiduities  and  attentions  to  families 
usually  employing  another,  is  to  be  considered  as  beneath 
the  dignity  of  a  regular  practitioner,  &  as  making  a  dere 
trade  of  a  learned  profession,  and  all  officious  interferences 
in  cases  of  sickness  of  such  families,  evince  a  meanness  of 
disposition  unbecoming  the  character  of  a  Physician  or  gen- 
tleman. No  meddling  inquiries  should  be  made  concerning 
them,  nor  hints  given,  relative  to  their  nature  and  treat- 
ment nor  any  selfish  conduct  pursued  that  may  directly  or 
indirectly  tend  to  weaken  confidence  in  the  physician  or 
surgeon,  who  has  the  care  of  them.  When  a  physician  or 
surgeon  is  called  to  a  patient,  who  has  been  under  the  care 
of  another  gentleman  of  the  faculty,  before  any  examina- 
tion of  the  case,  he  shall  ascertain  whether  that  gentleman 
still  continues  his  visits,  &  whether  the  patient  considers 
himself  under  his  care,  in  which  case  he  is  not  to  assume  the 
charge  of  the  patient,  nor  give  advice  (excepting  in  in- 
stances of  sudden  attack)  without  a  regular  consultation: 
and  if  such  previously  attending  gentleman  has  discontin- 


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ued  his  visits,  and  the  patient  does  not  consider  himself 
under  his  care,  his  practice  should  be  treated  with  candour, 
and  justified  so  far  as  probity  and  truth  will  admit  for  the 
want  of  success  in  the  primary  treatment  of  the  disorder  is 
no  impeachment  of  professional  skill  and  knowledge. 
It  frequently  happens  that  a  physician  in  incidental  com- 
munication with  the  patients  of  others,  or  with  their 
friends,  may  have  their  cases  stated  to  them  in  so  direct  a 
manner  as  not  to  admit  of  his  declining  to  pay  attention  to 
them.  Under  such  circumstances  his  observations  should 
be  delivered  with  the  most  delicate  propriety  and  reserve. 
He  should  not  interfere  in  the  curative  plans  pursued ;  and 
should  even  recommend  a  steady  adherence  to  them  if  they 
appear  to  merit  approbation. 

The  differences  of  physicians  when  they  end  in  appeals  to 
the  public,  generally  hurt  the  contending  parties ;  but 
[what]  is  of  more  consequence  they  discredit  the  profession 
and  expose  the  faculty  to  contempt  and  ridicule.  Whenever 
such  differences  occur  as  may  aft'ect  the  honor  and  dignity  of 
the  profession,  and  cannot  immediately  be  terminated,  they 
should  be  referred  to  the  District  Committee,  and  if  one  of 
that  number  is  interested,  to  the  President  and  other  mem- 
bers of  the  Committee,  or  to  the  President,  Secretary  &  re- 
maining member,  when  two  of  the  same  District  Committee 
are  interested ;  but  neither  the  subject  matter  of  such  refer- 
ences nor  the  adjudication,  should  be  communicated  to  the 
public,  as  they  may  be  injurious  to  the  individuals  con- 
cerned &  can  hardly  fail  to  hurt  the  credit  of  the  faculty. 
The  use  of  Quack  Medicines  should  be  discouraged,  as  dis- 
graceful to  the  profession,  injurious  to  health  &  often  de- 
structive to  life.  No  physician  or  surgeon  therefore  shall 
dispense  a  secret  nostrum  whether  it  be  his  invention,  or 
exclusive  property ;  for  if  it  is  of  real  efficacy,  the  conceal- 
ment of  it  is  inconsistent  with  beneficence  &  professional 
liberality,  and  if  mystery  alone  give  it  value  and  import- 
ance, such  craft  implies  either  disgraceful  ignorance  or 
fraudulent  avarice. 
A  physician  should  cautiously  guard  against  whatever  may 


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injure  the  general  respeetebility  of  the  profession,  &  sliould 
avoid  all  contumelious  representations  of  the  faculty  at 
large,  all  general  charges  against  their  selfishness,  or  im- 
probity, or  the  indulgence  of  an  affected  or  jocular  skepti- 
cism concerning  the  efficacy  and  utility  of  the  healing  art. 
In  case  any  member  of  this  Society  become  acquainted  Avith 
the  conduct  of  another  member  which  he  considers  as  a 
breach  of  the  rules  &  regulations  of  the  Society,  it  shall  be 
his  duty  to  make  the  same  known  to  three  Counsellors  resid- 
ing in  the  District  who  shall  enquire  into  the  case,  and  de- 
cide upon  the  same  as  they  may  think  proper,  provided, 
that  the  Counsellors  &  member  accused  shall  be  at  liberty 
to  refer  the  question  to  the  Society. 

Voted  that  D'"  Adams,  D''  Bond  and  D""  J.  Crosby  be  a  Com- 
mittee to  inspect  the  Library;  and  receive  Books  from  D"" 
Green  towards  his  arrears  to  the  Society,  and  also  to  take 
into  consideration  a  Bill  against  the  Society  for  Books  & 
report  on  all  the  above  subjects. 

The  above  Committee  made  the  following  Report  w^hicli  was 
accepted. 

Your  Committee  appointed  to  examine  into  the  state  of  the 
Library  beg  leave  to  report,  That  at  an  early  hour  after  the 
adjournment  of  the  Society  last  evening  they  waited  on 
the  Librarian,  who  conducted  them  to  the  Library,  which 
they  found  disposed  on  the  shelves  in  a  secure  situation ;  but 
as  it  respects  the  loss  of  any  Books  from  the  Library  or 
injuries  sustained  in  a  Book,  it  is  impossible  for  your 
Committee  to  report  without  longer  time  and  more  docu- 
ments than  have  been  laid  before  them;  wherefore  they 
pray  that  they  may  be  discharged  from  any  further  duty 
in  relation  to  this  subject. 

They  also  waited  upon  D''  Green  and  accepted  of  him 
the  following  Books  in  liquidation  of  the  account  due  from 
to  the  Society  —  Viz 

DC 
Darwin's  Zoonomia  in  2  Vols  valued  at        6.25 

Bells'  Surgery  4     do  "  7.00 


DC 

do 

(I 

2.50 

do 

i  I 

2.25 

do 

i  i 

2.00 

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Haller's  Physiology  1 

Townsend's  guide  to  Health  1 
Scomber's  Van  Swieten  Ab"^  2 


Amounting  to  20.00 

all  which  is  respectfully  by  yours 

Daniel  Adams  "| 

Josiali  Crosby  ^  Committee    ■ 

Henry  Bond     J 

Your  Committee  beg  leave  further  to  report  in  relation  to 
the  Library  that  in  their  opinion  some  additional  rules  and 
regulations  are  absolutely  necessary  to  its  preservati  n; 
they  would  therefore  recommend  that  the  Secretary  be  re- 
quired to  keep  a  correct  Catalogue  of  all  the  Books  be  be- 
longing to  the  Library  and  also  of  all  such  as  may  from 
time  to  time  be  purchased  or  received  by  donation ;  that  the 
Librarian  be  required  to  receipt  to  the  Secretary  for  all 
the  Books  committed  to  his  care :  also  that  he  be  required 
to  exhibit  annually  an  account  current  in  writing  of  all 
his  proceedings  in  relation  to  the  Library  which  account 
and  Catalogue  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Secretary  and 
Librarian  to  lay  before  a  Committee  appointed  annually 
for  the  purpose  of  inspecting  the  books  and  inquiring  into 
the  state  of  preservation.  They  also  recommend  that  the 
consideration  of  a  certain  bill  against  the  Society  which  was 
committed  to  them  be  referred  to  a  new  Committee  ^dth 
more  opportunities  for  an  investigation  into  its  justness. 
Submitted  by  Daniel  Adams  ] 

Henry  Bond      |-  Committee 
Josiah   Crosby  j 

Voted  that  the  Books  received  from  D""  Peter  Green  be  in 
full  for  his  arrears  due  to  the  Society  and  that  he  here- 
after be  considered  an  Honorary  Member  of  the  Society 
and  be  not  taxed. 

Voted  that  in  future  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Council 
individually  to  select  and  propose  suitable  Candidates  for 
Fellowship  in  the  Society. 


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Voted  that  Sec.  ll^*"  of  Chapter  1^'  in  the  following  words  be 
suspended  for  the  present  ' '  Nominations  of  Candidates  for 
admission  as  Fellows  or  Honorary  Members  of  the  So- 
ciety shall  be  made  to  the  Council  by  one  or  more  of  the 
Fellows." 

Voted  that  the  President  or  Vice  President  with  two  of 
the  Council  shall  be  a  quorum  to  transact  business. 

Voted  that  Sec.  3^^  Chap.  6  of  the  By-Laws  be  suspended 
for  the  present. 

Voted  that  the  Librarian  be  requested  strictly  to  enforce 
the  Laws  relative  to  the  Library  excepting  the  3'"'^  and  9^^ 
Sections  Chap.  6,  which  are  suspended. 
Voted  that  D"""  Twitchel,  Farrar  and  S.  Morril  be  a  Com- 
mittee to  report  a  uniform  mode  of  admitting  associates 
into  the  different  District  Societies.  The  Committee  made 
the  following  report  which  was  accepted.  "We  the  under- 
signed a  Committee  appointed  to  lay  before  the  Sodety  a 
uniform  mode  of  admitting*  associate  Members  in  the  re- 
spective District  Societies,  do  report  the  following:  That 
the  N.  H.  Medical  Society  recommend  to  the  different  Dis- 
trict Societies  that  they  admit  as  associate  Members  any  or 
all  those  Physicians  living  within  the  limits  of  said  district 
who  has  been  in  reputable  practice  more  than  ten  years  or 
are  of  good  moral  character  without  examination  after  be- 
ing recommended  by  the  Censors  of  said  District ;  and  that 
all  Physicians  who  have  commenced  practice  within  the  last 
ten  years  who  are  of  good  standing  in  the  profession  and  of 
reputable  character  in  Society  shall  be  invited  to  offer  them- 
selves for  examination  as  soon  as  convenient. 

Geo  Farrar 
S.  ^lorril. 

Voted  that  the  Secretary  be  requested  to  procure  300 
printed  Copies  of  the  Police  Laws  for  the  use  of  the  Society. 
The  following  Resolutions  proposed  by  the  President  and 
Council  were  adopted. 

Resolved  that  the  Secretary  be  requested  to  publish  in  one 
Newspaper  in  each  County  of  the  State  the  names  of  every 


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Physician  who  is  a  Fellow,  an  associate  or  licentiate  of  this 
Society  their  place  of  residence  and  degree  of  standing  with 
the  Society;  adopting  the  8  Sec.  of  the  By  Laws  as  a  pre- 
amble. 

Resolved  that  whenever  a  member  of  the  Society  shall  pre- 
sent a  Patient  or  Patients  to  the  Society  for  advice,  it  shall 
be  his  encumbent  duty  to  keep  a  minute  of  the  subsequent 
treatment,  and  communicate  the  result  to  the  Society  at 
their  next  meeting. 

Resolved  that  the  Anatomy  of  the  Heart  Cranium  and 
Brain  with  the  accompanying  Plates  by  Alexander  Ramsay 
M.  D.,  be  added  to  the  Catalogiie  of  Books  after  Boyer  on 
the  Bones. 

A  Patient  admitted  for  examination. 
Disease  debility 

Recommended  Tonics,  Chalybeates 
Stimulants  &c. 

Resolved  that  the  Secretary  of  this  Society  be  directed  to 
present  to  Alexander  Ramsay  M.  D.  their  thanks  for  his 
very  handsome  and  valuable  present  to  their  Library  of  his 
Anatomy  of  the  Heart  Cranium  and  Brain  with  the  ac- 
companying Plates. 

Voted  to  adjourn  until  tomorrow  June  2°'^  then  to  meet  at 
this  place  at  8  OClock  A.M. 
Met  agreeably  to  adjournment  June  2"*^  1819. 
Voted  that  the  communications  from  D'"  Ramsay  be  com- 
mitted to  D""^  Chadbourne,  Parker,  Bond,  Long  and  Bartley 
and  that  they  report  thereon.  The  following  report  was 
submitted  by  the  Committee  &  accepted.  The  Committee 
appointed  to  consider  the  communication  of  D""  Ramsay  re- 
port, that  the  thanks  of  the  Society  be  presented  to  the 
Doctor  for  his  very  liberal  proposals  and  that  they  enter 
into  his  views  so  far  as  they  have  been  made  known  to  the 
Society:  &  that  the  Society  appoint  a  Committee  to  pro- 
cure a  suitable  Room  where  a  Committee  of  the  Society  may 
attend  the  communications  that  the  Doctor  shall  make,  and 
that  the  same  Committee  be  directed  to  invite  in  the  name 


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of  the  ^ledical  Society  the  Members  of  the  Legislature  to 
attend  at  the  time  &  place. 

Voted  that  D""^  Chadbourne,  Wilson  and  Crosby  be  a  Com- 
mittee to  nominate  a  Committee  to  communicate  with  D"" 
Kamsay. 

Voted  that  D"  Green,  Parker,  Bond,  Long  and  Chadbourne 
be  a  Committee  to  communicate  with  D""  Ramsay  and  the 
Legislature  agreeably  to  the  resolves  of  the  Society. 

Voted  that  the  Committee  be  further  instructed  to  aid  D"^ 
Ramsay  in  any  application  he  may  make  to  the  Legislature 
to  forward  his  views,   if  the   Committee  think  expedient 
without  expense  to  the  Society. 
Voted  that  Sec.  1,  Chap:  1,  be  so  amended  or  altered  that 

5  shall  constitute  a  quorum,  instead  of  9.  Voted  that  D'" 
David  Carter  of  Peterboro  be  a  Fellow  of  the  N.  H.  ^ledical 
Society. 

Voted  to  accept  D""^  Green  and  Bond  as  the  Treasurer's 

Bondsmen. 

Voted  that  D""^  Bond,  Long  and  S.  ]\Iorril  be  a  Committee 

to  examine  into  the  state  of  the  Library ;  and  a  Bill  against 

the  Society;  and  report  at  the  next  annual  meeting. 

Voted  that  D""^  Bartlett.  Odell  and  Ingalls  be  a  Committee 

to  examine  into  the  state  of  the  Med.  Library  at  Portsmouth 

6  deliver  the  same  over  to  the  new  Librarian. 

Voted  that  D""^  Bond.  Wilson  and  Farrar  be  a  Committee  to 
take  into  consideration  the  Taxes  due  from  Members  in  ar- 
rears, and  also  whether  Gentlemen  who  have  been  trans- 
ferred to  this  Society  from  other  Societies  shall  pay  an 
initiating  fee. 

The  Committee  appointed  to  take  into  consideration  the 
case  of  certain  persons  who  stand  charged  as  in  arrears  in 
their  accounts  with  the  Society;  beg  leave  to  report,  that, 
their  arrearages  be  not  remitted  except  so  much  of  D''  Dan 
Hough's  as  has  become  due  since  he  relinquished  the  prac- 
tice of  Medicine.  The  Committee  further  report  that  an  ini- 
ating  fee  be  not  exacted  from  those  gentlemen  who  trans- 
fer their  membership  from  other  Societies  to  this.  Your 
Committee  likewise  beg  leave  to  recommend  that  the  name 


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of  D'"  Calvin  Frink  of  Swanzey  be  erased  from  the  Cata- 
logue of  this  Society,  he  having  been  convicted  of  criminal 
conduct.  jjenry  Bond] 

Job  Wilson   ^  Committee 

Geo.  Farrar  | 

Voted  to  accept  the  above  report. 

Voted  that  the  Deputy  Librarians  be  directed  to  return 
to  the  General  Library  the  Books  in  their  possession  an- 
nually at  least  two  weeks  before  the  annual  meeting  of  the 
Society. 

Voted  that  the  Committee  on  the  Library  be  empowered  to 
draw  on  the  Treasurer  for  a  sum  sufficient  to  pay  any  bills 
in  arrears  that  shall*  be  found  due  for  the  purchase  of  Books 
not  exceeding  60  Dollars. 

Voted  that  this  meeting  be  adjourned  to  the  Tuesday  pre- 
ceding the  first  Wednesday  of  June,  1820  then  to  meet  at 
this  place  g^^^i  ^orril,  Secretary. 

The  following  Gentlemen  were  proposed  to  the  Fellowship 
in  June  1819  and  approved  by  the  Council,  Viz.  D'"  Moses 
Kidder  proposed  D^  Ebenezer  Morse  of  Walpole ;  D''  Long 
proposed  D""  Thomas  P.  Hill  of  Sanbornton ;  D''  Josiali 
Crosby  proposed  D""  Isaac  Doten  of  Newhampton;  D"" 
Adams  proposed  D""  John  Stevens  of  Goffstown ;  D""  Farrar 
proposed  D'"  Benj^  Kittredge  of  Chester;  D""  Wm.  Fresco tt 
proposed  D^  Richard  Russell  of  Concord ;  D""  James  Odell 
proposed  D""  Andrew  P.  Wiggin  of  Greenland ;  D""  Bartlett 
proposed  D""  John  French  of  Landaff;  D""  Josiah  Crosby 
proposed  D""  [John]  Ramsay  of  Greenfield;  D""  Josiah  Bart- 
lett proposed  D""  William  Perry  of  Exeter;  and  D""  S.  i\Ior- 
ril  proposed  D""  Alexander  Boyd  of  Newport. 

Sam'  Morril,  Secretary. 

State  of  New-Hampshire. 

This  may  certify  that  we  the  subscribers  Censors  of  the 
New-Hampshire  ^Medical  Society,  have  examined  M""  Jona- 
than S.  ]\Iillett  of  Norway,  Maine,  a  Candidate  for  the 


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practice  of  Physic  &  Surgery,  respecting  his  skill  &  knowl- 
edge therein,  and  having  found  him  duly  qualified  there- 
for, do,  in  testimony  of  our  approbation,  hereunto  sub- 
scribe our  names  at  Concord  this  sixteenth  day  of  Septem- 
ber Anno  Domini  1819 

Sam'   Morril  ^    Censors  of  the 
Henry  Bond  (  N.  H.  i\Ied.  Soc. 
Attest, 

Samuel  Morril,  Sec  'y 


State  of  New-Hampshire 

This  may  certify  that  we  the  subscribers  Censors  of  the 
New-Hampshire  jMedical  Society  have  examined  M""  Amos 
Osgood  of  Conway  in  said  State,  a  Candidate  for  the  prac- 
tice of  Physic  &  Surgery  respecting  his  skill  and  knowledge 
therein,  and  having  found  him  duly  qualified  therefor,  do, 
in  testimony  of  our  approbation,  hereunto  subscribe  our 
names  at  Concord  this  16th  day  of  September  Anno  Domini 
1819. 

Sam'   jMorril  ^         Censors  of  the 
Henry   Bond  ^  N.  H.  Medical  Society 
Attest,  Sam'  Morril,  Sec'y 


State  of  New- Hampshire 

This  may  certify  that  we  the  subscribers  Censors  of  the 
New-Hampshire  ]\Iedical  Society  have  examined  jM""  Ira 
Towle  of  Newfield  j\Iaine,  a  Candidate  for  the  practice  of 
Physic  &  Surgery,  respecting  his  skill  and  knowledge  there- 
in, and  having  found  him  duly  qualified  therefor,  do,  in 
testimony  of  our  approbation  hereunto  subscribe  our  names 
at  Concord  this  16"^  Day  of  September  Anno  Domini  1819 

Sam'   Morril  ^    Censors  of  the 
Henry  Bond  \  N.  H.  Med.  Soc. 
Attest, 

Sam'  Morril,  Sec  'y 


Eecords  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society       143 

State  of  New-Hampshire 

This  may  certify  that  we  the  subscribers  Censors  of  the 
New-Hampshire  ^Medical  Society  have  examined  LP  Isaac 
Stearns  of  Lovell  in  the  District  of  Maine  a  Candidate  for 
the  practice  of  Physic  &  Surgery  respecting  his  skill  and 
knowledge  therein,  and  having  found  him  duly  qualified 
therefor,  do,  in  testimony  of  our  approbation  hereunto  sub- 
scribe our  names  at  Concord  this  16^^  Day  of  September 
Anno  Domini  1819. 

Sam'   ]\Iorril  |         Censors  of  the 
Henry   Bond^  N.  H.  Medical  Society 
Attest, 

Sam'  Morril,  Sec'y 


State  of  New-Hampshire 


This  may  certify  that  we  the  subscribers  Censors  of  the 
New-Hampshire  Medical  Society  have  examined  M""  Jere- 
miah Chandler  of  Fryeburg  in  the  District  of  Maine,  a 
Candidate  for  the  practice  of  Physic  &  Surgery  respecting 
his  skill  &  knowledge  therein,  and  having  found  him  duly 
qualified  therefor,  do,  in  testimony  of  our  approbation  here- 
unto subscribe  our  names  at  Concord  this  IG^''  Day  of  Sep- 
tember Anno  Domini  1819 

Sam'   Morril  |         Censors  of  the 
Henry   Bondj^  N.  H.  Medical  Society 
Attest, 

Sam'  Morril,  Sec'y 


State  of  New-Hampshire 

This  may  certify  that  we  the  subscribers  Censors  of  the 
New-Hampshire  Medical  Society  have  examined  Mr.  Wil- 
liam Sweat  of  Parsonsfield  Massachusetts  a  candidate  for 
the  practice  of  Physic  &  Surgery  respecting  his  skill  & 
knowledge  therein,  and  having  found  him  duly  qualified 


144       Records  Xew  Hampshire  jNIedical  Society 

therefor,  do,  in  testimony  of  our  approbation  hereunto  sub- 
scribe our  names  at  Concord  this  sixth  day  of  October  AD 
1819 

Sam'   ]\Iorril  J         Censors  of  the 
Henry   Bond^  N.  H.  Medical  Society 
Attest     Sam'  Morril,  Sec'y 


State  of  Xew-Hampshire 


This  may  certify  that  we  the  subscribers  Censors  of  the 
New-Hampshire  Medical  Society  have  examined  ^NP  John 
L.  Sargent  of  Concord  in  said  State  a  Candidate  for  the 
practice  of  Physic  &  Surgery  respecting  his  skill  &  knowl- 
edge therein  and  having  found  him  duly  qualified  therefor. 
do,  in  testimony  of  our  approbation  hereunto  subscribe  our 
names  at  Concord  this  second  day  of  May  Anno  Domini 
1820 

Asa  Crosby    ]       Censors  of  the 
Sam'   Morril  {  N.  H.  :\Ied.  Society 
Attest 

Sam'  Morril.  Sec'y 


State  of  Xew-Hampshire 


This  may  certify  that  we  the  subcribers  Censors  of  the 
Xew-Hampshire  Medical  Society  have  examined  ^M""  Xa- 
thaniel  Weeks  of  Loudon  in  said  State,  a  Candidate  for  the 
practice  of  Physic  and  Surgery,  respecting  his  skill  & 
knowledge  therein,  and  having  found  him  duly  qualified 
therefor,  do,  in  testimony  of  our  approbation,  hereunto 
subscribe  our  names  at  Concord  this  second  day  of  ]\Iay 
Anno  Domini  1820 

Asa  Crosby  ^         Censors  of  the 
Sam'  :\Iorril  \  X.  H.  Medical  Society 
Attest, 

Sam'  ]\Iorril,  Sec'y 


Kecords  New  Hampshire  ]\Iedical  Society       145 

State  of  New-Hampshire 

These  may  certify  that  we  the  subscribers  Censors  of  the 
Southern  District  of  the  New-Hampshire  Medical  Society, 
Jiave  examined  Peter  Tuttle  of  s*^  State  a  candidate  for  the 
practice  of  Physic  &  Surgery,  respecting  his  skill  and  knowl- 
edge therein,  &  having  found  him  duly  qualified  there- 
for, do,  in  testimony  of  our  approbation  hereunto  sub- 
scribe our  names  at  Amherst  this  eleventh  Day  of  February 
A.  D.  1817 

Matthias   Spalding  ^         Censors  of  the 
James  Crombie         (  N.  H.  ]\ledical  Society 
Attest 

Sam'  Morril,  Sec'y 


State  of  New-Hampshire 


This  may  certify  that  we  the  subscribers  Censors  of  the 
New-Hampshire  Medical  Society  have  examined  M""  Jonas 
Hutchinson  in  said  State  a  Candidate  for  the  practice  of 
Physic  &  Surgery  respecting  his  skill  &  knowledge  therein, 
.and  having  found  him  duly  qualified  therefor,  do,  in  testi- 
mony of  our  approbation  hereunto  subscribe  our  names  at 
Amherst  this  eighth  day  of  February  Anno  Domini  1819 
Matthias   Spalding]   Censors  of  the 
Daniel  Adams         ^  N.  H.  Med.  Soc. 
Attest, 

Sam'  Morril,  Sec  'y 


State  of  New-Hampshire 

This  may  certify  that  we  tlie  subscribers  Censors  of  the 
New-Hampshire  ^Medical  Society  have  examined  M""  Jabez 
B.  Priest  in  said  State  a  Candidate  for  the  practice  of 
Physic  &  Surgery  respecting  his  skill  &  knowledge  therein, 
.and  having  found  him  duly  qualified  therefor,  do,  in  testi- 

10 


146       Records  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society 

mony  of  our  approbation,  hereunto  subscribe  our  names  at 
Amherst  this  eighth  day  of  February  Anno  Dom.  1819 
Matthias   Spalding]  Censors  of  the 
Daniel  Adams         (  N.  H.  Med.  Soc. 
Attest 

Sam^  Morril,  Sec'y 


State  of  New-Hampshire 


This  may  certify  that  we  the  subscribers  Censors  of  the 
New-Hampshire  Medical  Society  have  examined  M""  James 
Varnum  of  Thornton  in  said  State  a  Candidate  for  the 
practice  of  Physic  and  Surgery  respecting  his  skill  &  knowl- 
edge therein,  and  having  found  him  duly  qualified  there- 
for, do,  in  testimony  of  our  approbation  hereunto  subscribe 
our  names  at  Concord  this  8'^  day  of  June  AD  1820 

Ebenezer  Lerned)  ~ 

,  T,^      .,  I  Censors 

Sam'  Morril  \ 

Attest, 

Sam'  Morril,  Sec'y 


This  certifies  that  Abner  Bliss  having  been  duly  examined 
by  us  Censors  of  the  N.  H.  I\Iedical  Society  for  the  western 
District  is  found  qualified  for  the  practice  of  Physic  and 
Surgery. 

R.  D.  Mussey 
J.  P.  Bachelder 
Cornish,  N.  H. 
May  IS''^  1820 


This  may  certify  that  we  the  subscribers  Censors  of  the 
Western  District  of  the  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society 
have  examined  D'"  Eben  Carpenter  the  bearer  touching  his 
qualifications  for  the  practice  of  physic  and  Surgery  and 


Records  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society       147 

finding  him  duly  qualified  do  hereto  affix  our  names  in  testi- 
mony of  our  approbation. 

R.  D.  Mussey, 
J.  P.   Bachelder 
Cornish,  N.  H., 
May  18'^^  1820' 


This  certifies  that  D''  Isaac  Baker,  having  been  duly  ex- 
amined by  us  Censors  of  the  New-Hampshire  Medical  So- 
ciety for  the  Western  District  is  found  qualified  for  the 
practice  of  Physic. 

R.  D.  Mussey 
J.  P.  Bachelder 
Cornish,  N.  H., 
May  IS''^  1820 

Attest,  Sam'  Morril,  Sec'y- 


State  of  New-Hampshire 


This  may  certify  that  we  the  subscribers  Censors  of  the 
New-Hampshire  jMedical  Society  have  examined  John  B. 
McGregory  of  Newport  in  said  State  a  Candidate  for  the 
practice  of  Physic  and  Surgery  respecting  his  skill  &  knowl- 
edge therein  &  having  found  him  duly  qualified  therefor, 
do,  in  testimony  of  our  approbation  hereunto  subscribe  our 
names  at  Newport  this  4'*'  day  of  June  Anno  Domini  1820 
R.  D.  IMussey  ^  Censors  of  the 
J.  P.  Bachelder  \  N.  H.  Medical  Society 
Attest, 

Sam'  Morril,  Sec'y 


State  of  New-Hampshire 


This  may  certify  that  we  the  subscribers  Censors  of  the 
New-Hampshire   ]\Iedical   Society   have   examined   Joseph 


148       Records  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society 

Dalton  in  said  State  a  Candidate  for  the  practice  of  Physic 
and  Surgery  respecting  his  skill  and  knowledge  therein, 
and  having  found  him  duly  qualified  therefor,  do,  in  testi- 
mony of  our  approbation  hereunto  subscribe  our  names  at 
Portsmouth  this  second  day  of  November  Anno  Domini  one 
thousand  eight  hundred  &  twenty 

Jedi**    Ingalls  ^  Censors  of  the  N.  H. 

Josiah  Dwight^        Med.  Society 
Attest, 

Sam'  Morril,  Sec'y 


At  the  annual  meeting  of  the  New-Hampshire  Medical  So- 
ciety holden  at  Concord  June  6"^  1820  were  present  the 
following  Fellows  Viz : 

Doctors  Josiah  Bartlett,  Ebenezer  Lerned,  Robert  Bartley, 
Matthias  Spalding,  Reuben  D.  ]\Iussey,  Benjamin  Kelley, 
Thomas  Chadbourne,  Moses  Long,  Peter  Bartlett,  John  P. 
Bachelder,  Joseph  ]\I.  Harper,  James  Odell,  Joseph  Boyden, 
"John  Carr,  Silas  Merrill,  Peter  Green  (Honorary  Mem- 
ber) Asa  Crosby,  John  Procter,  William  Prescott,  David 
L.  Morril,  and  Samuel  Morril. 

Meeting  opened. 

Hon.  Josiah  Bartlett,  President  in  the  Chair. 
Minutes  of  the  annual  meeting  in  June,  1819  were  read. 
The  following  gentlemen  who  w^ere  proposed  to  the  Fellow- 
ship in  June  1819  were  balloted  for  and  duly  elected  Viz: 
D""  Andrew  P.  Wiggin  of  Greenland,  D""  Ebenezer  Morse 
of  Walpole,  D''  Isaac  Doten  of  New-Hampton.  D^  Benjamin 
Kittredge  of  Chester,  D""  John  French  of  Landaff,  D""  Alex- 
ander Boyd  of  Newport,  and  D""  John  R-amsay  of  Green- 
field. 

The  following  Gentlemen  who  proposed  to  the  Fellowship 
by  the  Council  June  5*^^  1820  were  balloted  for  and  duly 
elected  Viz:  D""  Israel  Gale  of  Newtown,  Asa  Perkins  of 
Dover,  Josiah  Kittredge  of  Pembroke,  John  Wallace  of  Mil- 


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ford,  Peter  P.  Woodbury  of  Bedford,  Abner  Johnson  of 
Springfield,  James  Farrington  of  Rochester,  Levi  Merrill 
of  Tuftonboro,  William  Tenney  of  Loudon,  Thomas  H. 
Merrill  of  Raymond,  Jacob  Kittredge  of  Dover,  William 
Graves  of  Deerfield,  William  Barber  of  Mason,  Charles  G. 
Adams  of  Keene,  James  A.  Gregg  of  Unity,  Benjamin  C. 
Parker  of  Acworth,  Truman  Abell  of  Lempster,  Oliver 
Hastings  of  Charleston  and  Thomas  P.  Hill  of  Sanbornton. 

The  following  resolutions  which  passed  in  Council  June 
5'*^  1820  were  recommended  to  the  Society  and  adopted. 
Resolved,  That  it  be  recommended  to  every  Member  of  this 
Society  to  require  a  bond  from  the  Parent  Guardian  or 
Pupil  who  may  commence  the  study  of  Medicine  under  his 
tuition,  that  the  said  Pupil  shall  not  practice  Physic  or 
Surgery  until  he  shall  have  passed  an  examination  and  been 
regularly  licensed  according  to  Law. 

Resolved  that  the  funds  arising  from  the  examination  of 
Candidates  for  the  practice  of  Physic  and  Surgery  (neces- 
sary expenses  excepted)  shall  be  appropriated  for  the  bene- 
fit of  the  District  Societies '  Libraries  in  which  the  examina- 
tions take  place. 

Resolved  that  the  following  words  in  the  8*^  section  of  the 
By  Laws  be  erased,  Viz.  "who  shall  hereafter-  commence 
the  practise  of  ]\ledicine  or  Surgery  within  this  State," 
and  also  to  subjoin  to  the  closing  part  of  the  sentence  the 
following  clause :  ' '  and  who  shall  not  have  complied  with 
the  requisites  or  availed  themselves  of  the  facilities  of  be- 
coming members  as  hereafter  subjoined.  The  Section 
thus  amended  and  enlarged  will  read  thus : 

Sec.  8.  "To  promote  the  laudable  design  of  the  Legis- 
lature in  forming  and  incorporating  this  Society,  to  prevent 
as  far  as  may  be  all  unqualified  persons  from  practising 
Medicine  or  Surgery,  and  in  order  to  discourage  empiricism 
and  quackery,  it  shall  be  deemed  disreputable  and  shall  be 
unlawful  for  any  Fellow  of  this  Society,  in  the  capacity  of 
Physician  or  Surgeon,  to  advise  or  consult  with  any  per- 
son, who,  having  been  a  Fellow  of  the  Society,  shall  be  ex- 


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pelled  therefrom,  or  with  any  person  whatever,  until  he 
shall  have  been  duly  examined  and  approbated  by  the 
Censors  of  the  Society,  or  shall  have  received  a  degree  of 
Bachelor  Doctor  of  ^Medicine  at  some  University;  or,  in 
case  he  shall  have  been  educated  in,  or  come  from,  some 
other  State  or  foreign  country,  shall  have  produced  to  the 
Censors  of  the  Sbciety  such  evidence  or  testimonials  of 
his  qualifications  for  the  practice  of  Medicine  or  Surgery 
as  they  shall  deem  and  certify  to  be  sufficient  to  entitle 
him  to  the  privileges  of  a  Physician  or  Surgeon  regularly 
introduced — and  who  shall  not  have  complied  with  the 
requisites,  or  availed  themselves  of  the  facilities  of  becom- 
ing members  as  hereafter  subjoined ;  and  the  different  Dis- 
trict Societies  are  authorized  to  admit  as  associate  mem- 
bers, any  or  all  those  Physicians  living  within  the  limits  of 
said  Districts,  who  have  been  in  reputable  practice  more 
than  ten  years  and  are  of  good  moral  character  without 
examination  after  being  recommended  by  the  Censors  of 
the  District  in  which  they  reside;  and  that  all  Physicians 
who  have  commenced  practice  wdthin  the  last  ten  years  who 
are  of  good  standing  in  the  profession  and  of  reputable 
character  in  society  shall  be  invited  to  offer  themselves  for 
examination  as  soon  as  convenient.  And  any  Fellow  of 
the  Society  who  shall  abet  or  assist  any  person  not  so  quali- 
fied, by  offording  him  advice  or  by  consulting  with  him  in 
the  capacity  of  Physician  or  Surgeon,  shall  for  such  offense 
be  disqualified  for  giving  his  vote  at  any  meeting  of  the 
Society,  or  of  the  District  Society  whereof  he  is  a  member 
for  one  year ;  shall  be  liable  to  the  censure  and  reprimand 
of  the  Counsellors,  and,  in  aggravated  cases,  to  expulsion. 

Voted  to  publish  the  8^^  Section  of  the  By-Laws  with  the 
amendments,  together  with  a  List  of  the  Fellows,  Associ- 
ates, and  Licentiates  of  the  Society  in  each  County  in  the 
State,  if  it  can  be  published  without  expense  to  the  Society. 
Resolved  that  the  Secretary  be  directed  and  requested  to 
write  to  Medical  Societies  of  the  adjacent  States  enclosing 
a  copy  of  our  Laws  and  request  copies  of  theirs  in  return. 
Voted  that  the  Secretary  be  requested  to  get  printed  the 


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8""  Section  of  the  By-Laws  as  amended  and  add  the  same 
to  the  By-Laws. 

Voted  that  D""^  Odell,  Chadbourne,  Spalding,  Prescott, 
Bachelder  and  Mussey  be  a  Committee  to  draught  and 
carry  to  each  District  the  8"^  Section  of  the  By-Laws  as 
amended. 

Voted  that  D""^  Peter  Bartlett,  Chadbourne  and  Bachelder 
be  a  Committee  to  audit  the  Treasurer's  Accounts. 
Voted  that  D""  Lerned  be  added  to  the  committee  on  the 
Library  appointed  in  June  1819. 

The  Committee  on  the  Library  appointed  in  June  1819 
were  D'"^  Bond,  Long  and  S.  Morril. 
Voted  to  adjourn  to  3  oClock  P.  M. 
Met  agreeably  to  adjournment. 

Voted  to  proceed  to  the  elections  for  the  ensuing  year. 
Voted  Hon.  Josiah  Bartlett,  President 
Voted  D""  Matthias  Spalding,  vice-President. 
Voted    D""^    Reuben    D.    Mussey,    Asa    Crosby,    Ebenezer 
Lerned,  Daniel  Adams  (of  Mont  Vernon)  James  Odell,  and 
John  F.  Bachelder  Counsellors.     The  President  and  Secre- 
tary of  the  Eastern,  Centre,  Strafford,  Southern,  Western 
and  Grafton  District  are  also  Counsellors  Ex  Officio. 
Voted  Samuel  Morril,  Secretary. 
Voted  D""  Moses  Long,  Treasurer. 
Voted  D""  Thomas  Chadbourne,  Librarian. 
Voted  that  there  be  chosen  12  Censors  instead  of  ten. 
Voted  D""^  Josiah  D wight,  Jedediah  Ingalls,  Asa  Crosby, 
William  Prescott,  Ebenezer  Lerned,  Samuel  Morril,  Daniel 
Adams    (of  Mont  Vernon,)    Matthias  Spalding,   John   P. 
Bachelder,  Charles  0.  Adams,  Ezra  Bartlett,  and  Reuben 
D.  Mussey,  Censors. 

Voted  D""^  Josiah  Dwiglit,  Thomas  Chadbourne,  ^Matthias 
Spalding,  William  Prescott,  John  P.  Bachelder,  &  Ezra 
Bartlett,  Deputy  Librarians. 

Voted  that  D'"  Josiah  Crosby.  D""  Sam'  Morril  and  D""  Moses 
Long  be  Orators  for  1821. 

D^  John  P.  Bachelder,  D""  Joseph  Boyden,  and  D""  Joseph 
Procter  were  also  appointed  Orators  for  1821,  but  were  ex- 


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cused  by  a  vote  of  the  Society,  at  their  special  request. 
The  Committee  appointed  to  audit  the  Treasurer's  account 
made  the  following  report  which  was  accepted. 
June  6'^  1820.  The  Subscribers  auditors  of  the  Treas- 
urer's accounts  for  the  past  year  report  that  they  find  that 
91D  :  07C  have  been  paid  into  the  Treasury ;  89D  :  67C 
paid  out,  one  dollar  and  forty  cents  now  in  the  Treasury  — 
And  $425 :25  due  to  the  Society,  also  a  five  Dollar  Bill  of 
the  Hallowell  &  Augusta  Bank. 

Peter  Bartlett      ] 

Tho.   Chadbourne  J^ Auditors. 

J.  P.  Bachelder    J 

Voted  to  accept  D""^  Lerned  and  S.  Morril  as  the  Treas- 
urer's bondsmen. 

Voted  that  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  President  and  Vice- 
President  of  the  Society  to  deliver  an  essay  connected  with 
the  profession  of  INIedicine  at  each  annual  meeting  of  the 
Society. 

On  motion,  voted,  that  the  foregoing  vote  be  reconsidered. 
Docf  John  French  a  Fellow  of  the  Society  appeared  and 
took  his  seat. 

Voted  that  the  Committee  on  the  Library  Viz  D""^  Long,  S. 
Morril  and  Lerned.  be  directed  to  separate  the  Books  be- 
longing to  the  District  Libraries  which  may  be  found  in  the 
General  Library  and  that  the  Librarian  be  directed  to 
return  the  same. 

Voted  that  D""  Chadbourne  be  requested  to  procure  the  re- 
turn of  the  Books  from  the  District  Societies  which  belong 
to  the  General  Library. 

Voted  that  the  Secretary  notify  D""  James  H.  Pierrepont 
that  M''  Ewers  demand  against  the  Society  has  been  paid, — 
and  if  he  should  still  wish  to  withdraw  his  Fellowship 
from  the  Society,  that  certain  arrears  are  due  before  he  can 
be  honorably  discharged. 

Voted  that  D""^  Procter,  Prescott  and  Crosby  be  a  committee 
to  take  consideration  several  letters  addressed  to  the  Treas- 
urer and  Librarian  and  report  thereon. 


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The  above  named  committee  made  the  following  report  in 
part  which  was  accepted. 

''The  committee  appointed  to  examine  sundry  let- 
ters and  report  thereon,  do  report  as  follows,  that 
twelve  Dollars  be  allowed  to  Felia  Pascatis  M.D. 
of  New  York  City  for  four  volumes  of  ]\Iedical  Re- 
pository, and  that  twelve  Dollars  be  allowed  to 
Wells  &  Lilly  of  Boston  for  six  volumes  of  the 
N.  E.  Journal  of  Medicine  &  Surgery,  and  that 
the  Librarian  be  directed  to  draw  the  above  sums 
from  the  Treasury  and  forward  them  to  the  re- 
spective publishers. 

James  Procter,  Chairman. 

A  patient  with  an  affection  of  the  knee  joint  was  presented. 
Recommended  Blisters  Cold  Salt  Water  &c. 
The  Delegates  appointed  by  the  Society  May  5*''  1819  to 
represent  this  Society  in  the  District  Convention  of  the 
Northern  States,  made  the  following  report  which  was  ac- 
cepted :  ' '  The  committee  appointed  to  meet  in  convention 
at  Boston  for  the  purpose  of  forming  a  National  Pharma- 
copoea,  beg  leave  to  report  that  they  have  attended  to  the 
duties  assigned  them,  that  there  was  a  representation  from 
the  northern  section  of  the  Union  for  the  purpose  aforesaid, 
and  after  mature  deliberation  a  Pharmacopoea  was  agreed 
on  and  a  subcommittee  appointed  to  report  the  same  at  the 
General  Convention  to  be  holden  at  the  City  of  Washing- 
ton in  January  1820 
Concord  June  6^^  1820 

Submitted  by 
E.  Lerned  ] 

Matthias  Spalding  I 
R.  D.  Mussey  j- committee 

J.  P.  Bachelder      J 

Voted  that,  the  expenses  of  the  Committee  for  attending  the 
northern  Convention,  for  the  purpose  of  forming  a  national 


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Pharmacopoea  amounting  to  $-48  be  paid  out  of  the  Treas- 
ury. 

Voted  that  the  Treasurer  be  directed  to  collect  the  Fines 
of  those  who  are  appointed  Orators  and  who  are  delinquent. 
Voted  that  the  Hon.  Levi  Bartlett  in  future  be  considered 
an  Honorary  Member  of  the  N.  H.  Medical  Society  and  that 
he  be  requested  to  pay  his  arrears  due  at  this  time  and  that 
the  Secretary  notify  him  accordingly. 

Voted  that  the  IS'*"  Section  of  the  ByLaws  be  amended,  and 
the  words  "with  the  advice  of  the  Council  may"  be  erased 
and  add  the  President  shall  ''appoint  others  in  their 
stead." 

Voted  that  an  Agent  be  appointed  for  the  purpose  of  pro- 
curing a  repeal  of  the  Militia  Law  so  far  as  it  respects  reg- 
ular practising  Physicians  doing  Military  duty. 
Voted  that  Samuel  Morril  be  the  Agent  to  attend  to  the 
aforementioned  duty. 

Voted  that  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  every  member  of  this  So- 
ciety to  communicate  to  the  agent  just  appointed  by  the 
Society  all  the  instances  of  abuse  of  the  militia  law  now  in 
force  Avhich  have  come  within  his  knowledge  and  also  to  use 
his  influence  with  the  members  of  the  Legislature. 
Voted  that  D'"^  Lerned,  Spalding  and  Crosby  be  a  Com- 
mittee to  receive  communications  from  Docf  Ramsay  and 
report  thereon. 

Voted  that  the  committee  appointed  to  take  into  considera- 
tion letters  addressed  to  the  Treasurer  be  excused  from 
reporting  thereon. 

Voted  that  the  payment  of  one  half  of  the  sum  due  the 
Committee  for  their  expenses  for  attending  the  northern 
convention  for  forming  a  national  Pharmacopoea  be  sus- 
pended not  exceeding  one  Year. 

Voted  that  D""  Erastus  Torreys  name  be  stricken  from  the 
list  of  Fellows  (he  having  removed  from  the  State)  and 
that  the  arrears  due  from  him  be  credited  to  the  Treasurer. 
Voted  that  the  arrears  due  from  D''  Thos.  S.  Ranney  be 
remitted  and  that  his  name  be  stricken  from  the  list  of 
Fellows  (he  having  removed  from  the  State) . 


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The  Committee  appointed  to  present  a  Petition  to  the 
Legislature  June  1818  for  pecuniary  aid  beg  leave  to  report, 
that,  they  have  attended  to  the  duty ;  that  the  Petition  w,as 
presented  by  the  member  from  "Wentworth ;  it  was  read 
and  committed  to  a  select  committee  of  the  Legislature 
which  have  never  reported. 

Tho.  Chadbourne.  for  the  Committee 

Voted  that  the  above  report  be  accepted. 
The  undersigned  as  a  Committee  of  the  New  Hampshire 
Medical  Society  examined  the  Books  in  the  ]\Iedieal  Li- 
brary at  Portsmouth  &  received  from  D'"  Pierrepont  the 
late  Deputy  Librarian,  and  delivered  over  to  D'"  Dwight  the 
present  Deputy  Librarian  the  following  Books  Viz. 


Vol. 
Saunders     on     the 

Liver    1 

Cook  on  Tinea  Cap- 
itis 1 
Fothergills    works      2 
Willan  on  Cutaneous 

Diseases  No  3 

Bostock    on    respira- 
tion—  1 
Harty  on  Dysentery  1 
Bells  Surgery  3 
Ford    on    the    Hip- 
joint  1 
Burns  Anatomy  1 
Chapmans       ^lidwif- 
ery                             1 
Read  on  Electricity  1 
Rush  works                  5 
Currie                           1 
Prize  questions           1 
Rush  Lectures  1 
Annals  Chemistry       1 
McBrides  Essay  1 
Richerands    P  h  y  s  e- 
ology  1 
Bell  on  Wounds         1 
Cheyne  1 


Bell  on  Ulcers  1 

Abernetheys   Observa- 
tions 1 
Desaults  Chi.  Journal 
Thomas's  Practice     1 
1^'  at  C  1 
Denmans  Aphorisms  1 
Moss  on  Dysentery    1 
Bells  Operative  Surg- 
ery 2 
Homes  Observations  2 
Priestly  on  Air  3 
Rigby    on    Uterine 
Hem.  1 
AVitherings  Botany     3 
of  :\redical  Extracts  3  1^'C 
1&2  at  C 
Desaults  Surgery       2 
Le  D  r  a  n  s  consulta- 
tions 1 
Smellies  Tables  1 
Heberdons  comment  1 
Balfour  on  fevers       1 
Wiseman 's      Chiurg- 
ery 


2"^C 


Crills  Chem.  Journal  1 


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^Medical  Ethics            1  Duncan's  Comment  10 

Pembertons  Treatise  1  Beddoes  on  Consump- 

Pott  on  Hydrocele —  1  tion                           1 

W  a  t  s  ons  Chemical  McClurg  on  the  Bile  1 

Essay  ]\Iedical  and  Physical 

2n'5                                  2  ate         Journal—  6 

Fordyce      on      Diges-  Boyer  on  the  Bones   1 

tion                           1  Wardrop      on      soft 

Russell  on  kneejoint  1  Cancer                      1 

80  volumes 

The  foregoing  being  all  the  Books  remaining  in  the  cus- 
tody of  D""  Pierrepont 

Respectfully  submitted 

Josiah  Bartlett 
,  James  Odell  Jr. 

Voted  that  the  above  report  be  accepted. 

Voted  to  adjourn  until  tomorrow  morning,  then  to  meet 

at  this  place  at  1/2  past  5  oClock  A.M. 

^let  Agreeable  to  adjournment  1/2  past  5  oClock 
A.M.  June  7. 

The  Committee  appointed  to  receive  communications  from 
D""  Ramsay  and  report  thereon,  made  the  following  report 
which  was  accepted. 

The  Committee  appointed  to  wait  on  Docf  Ramsay  beg 
leave  to  report ;  that  they  have  attended  on  the  Doctor  at 
his  Museum,  that  he  exhibited  to  them  a  very  beautiful  dis- 
play of  Anatomical  preparations  and  a  great  variety  of 
Comparative  Anatomy ;  he  also  showed  them  the  Head 
Thorax  and  superior  extremities  of  the  human  machine  in 
Diagrams  very  beautifully  colored  all  which  appeared  to 
your  Committee  to  be  natural  ingenious  and  instructive. 
But  owing  to  the  lateness  of  the  hour  and  the  shortness 
of  the  time  allo^yed  by  the  Doctor  to  enter  into  an  investi- 
gation of  his  projects  and  plans;  your  committee  beg  leave 
to  submit  a  further  consideration  of  the  same  to  the  So- 


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ciety  themselves,  the  JNIembers  of  which  having  had  the 
same  opportunity  to  investigate  as  your  committee, 
respectfully  submitted 

E.  Lerned  ] 

Matthias    Spalding  [>  Committee 

Asa  Crosby  J 

Resolved  that,  it  is  inexpedient  for  the  New  Hampshire 
Medical  Society  to  attend  farther  to  the  applications  and 
projects  of  Doctor  Ramsay. 

It  having  been  suggested  by  D""  Mussey  that  the  interests 
of  Medicine  in  this  State  might  be  promoted  by  having  two 
Delegates  appointed  by  this  Society,  whose  duty  it  should 
be,  to  attend  the  examinations  of  Candidates  at  Dartmouth 
College  for  Medical  Degrees  and  also  to  sign  ^Medical 
Diplomas, 

Therefore,  resolved,  that  this  Society  at  each  annual  meet- 
ing appoint  by  ballot  two  Delegates  for  the  above  purpose/, 
provided  that  the  Corporation  of  the  College  should  at  their 
next  annual  meeting  authorize  their  Medical  School  in  such 
a  connexion  with  the  Society. 
In  pursuance  of  the  above  resolution 

D""  Josiah  Bartlett  and  D""  Ebenezer  Lerned  were  elected 
as  Delegates  from  the  Society  for  the  ensuing  year. 
Voted  that  the  consideration  of  the  communication  from 
the  Centre  District  N.  H.  Medical  Society  relative  to  D"" 
Ramsay  be  indefinitely  postponed. 

Voted  that  D""^  David  L.  Morril,  Ebenezer  Lerned,  Sam' 
Morril,  ]\Ioses  Long  and  Dan  Hough  be  a  committee  to  at- 
tend to  the  Petition  now  before  the  Legislature  from  this 
Society  for  pecuniary  aid. 

Resolved  that  a  Committee  be  appointed  to  make  applica- 
tion to  the  Legislature  of  the  State  of  New-Hampshire  for 
the  enactment  of  a  law  for  the  suppression  of  quackery. 
Voted  that  the  Committee  on  the  Petition  now  before  the 
Legislature  be  the  Committee  to  attend  to  the  above  men- 
tioned duty. 
Voted  that  the  Secretary  and  Treasurer  be,  and  are  di- 


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rected  to  designate  the  place  in  the  Town  of  Concord  where 
the  Society  shall  meet  in  June  1821. 

Voted  to  adjourn  to  the  Tuesday  preceding  the  first 
"Wednesday  of  June  1821  then  to  meet  in  Concord  at  10 
oClock  A.M. 

Samuel  Morril.  Sec'y 


State  of  New  Hampshire 

This  may  certify  that  we  the  subscribers  Censors  of  the 
New  Hampshire  ^Medical  Society  have  examined  ^NP  Amasa 
Kellogg  a  candidate  for  the  practice  of  Physic  and  Surgery 
respecting  his  skill  and  knowledge  therein,  and  having 
found  him  duly  qualified  therefor,  do,  in  testimony  of  our 
approbation  hereunto  subscribe  our  names  at  Surry  this 
14"^  day  of  October  Anno  Domini  1820 

John  P.  Bachelder  ]      Censors  of  the 
C.  G.  Adams  (  N.  H.  Med.  Society 

Attest, 

Sam'  Morril,  Sec'y. 


State  of  New  Hampshire 


This  may  certify  that  we  the  subscribers  Censors  of  the 
New-Hampshire  ]\Iedical  Societ.y  have  examined  James  W. 
Perkins  of  Mount  Vernon  in  said  State  a  Candidate  for  the 
Practice  of  Physic  and  Surgery  respecting  his  skill  and 
knowledge  therein,  and  having  found  him  duly  qualified 
therefor,  do,  in  testimony  of  our  approbation,  hereunto 
subscribe  our  names  at  Amherst  this  ninth  day  of  Oc- 
tober A.D.  1820. 

]\Iatthias   Spalding  ]    Censors  of  the 
Daniel  Adams  \  N.  H.  Med.  Soc. 

Attest, 

Sam'  Morril.  Sec'y 


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State  of  New-Hampshire. 

This  may  certify  that  we  the  subscribers  Censors  of  the 
New-Hampshire  Medical  Society  have  examined  George 
Wilkins  of  Mont- Vernon  in  said  State,  a  Candidate  for  the 
practice  of  Physic  &  Surgery,  respecting  his  skill  and 
knowledge  therein,  and  having  found  him  duly  qualified 
therefor,  do,  in  testimony  of  our  approbation,  hereunto  sub- 
scribe our  names  at  Amherst  this  ninth  day  of  October 
Anno  Domini  1820 

i\Iatthias   Spalding  ^      Censors  of  the 
Daniel  Adams  ^  N.  H.  Med.  Society 

Attest, 

Sam'  Morril,  Sec'y 


State  of  New-Hampshire 


This  may  certify  that  we  the  subscribers  Censors  of  the 
New  Hampshire  Medical  Society  have  examined  John  D. 
Fogg  in  said  State  a  Candidate  for  the  practice  of  Physic 
and  Surgery  respecting  his  skill  and  knowledge  therein, 
and  having  found  him  duly  qualified  therefor,  do,  in  testi- 
mony of  our  approbation  hereunto  subscribe  our  names  at 
Portsmouth  this  second  day  of  November  Anno  Domini  one 
thousand  eight  hundred  and  twenty. 

Jedi''    Ingalls  ]  Censors  of  the 
Josiah  DwightC  New-Hampshire 
Medical  Society 
Attest, 

Sam'  ]\lorril,  Sec'y 


State  of  New-Hampshire 


This  may  certify  that  we  the  subscribers  Censors  of  the 
New-Hampshire  Medical  Society  have  examined  John  T. 
Sanborn  of  New-Chester  in  said  State  a  Candidate  for  the 
Practice  of  Physic  and  Surgery  respecting  his  skill  and 


160       Records  New  Hampshire  ]\Iedical  Society 

knowledge  therein,  and  having  found  him  duly  qualified 
therefor,  do,  in  testimony  of  our  approbation  hereunto  sub- 
scribe our  names  at  Gilmanton  this  seventeenth  day  of 
April  Anno  Domini  1821 

Asa  Crosby      ^  Censors  of  the 
Wm.  Prescott  \      N.  H.  M.  S. 
Attest, 

Sam'  Morril,  Sec'y- 

To  the  President  and  Council  of  the  Medical  Society  of  the 
State  of  New-Hampshire. 

In  behalf  of  the  Fellows  of  said  Society  residing  in  the 
Counties  of  Grafton  and  Coos  the  subscribers  under  the 
impression  that  the  interests  of  j\Iedicine  might  be  essen- 
tially promoted  by  a  new  District  Medical  Society  in  the 
western  part  of  the  State  respectfully  request  that  a  Char- 
ter may  be  granted  him  authorizing  the  organization  of  a 
Society  to  be  denominated  the  Grafton  District  Medical  So- 
ciety, the  meetings  to  be  holden  in  Hanover  Orford  and 
Haverhill  said  Society  to  include  the  Counties  of  Grafton 
and  Coos. 

R.  D.  ]Mussey 
Concord  June  G^*'  1820 

(     •  *^-  I  State  of  Xew-Hampshire 

By  the  President  and  Council  of  the  New  Hampshire  ]Medi- 
cal  Society  to  Reuben  D.  Mussey,  M.  D.,  and  Ezra  Bartlett, 
M.  D.,  Fellows  of  the  Society 

Greeting 

Your  application  made  in  due  form  requesting  that  a  Dis- 
trict JNIedical  Society  might  be  instituted,  to  consist  of  the 
Fellows  of  the  New-Hampshire  Medical  Society  residing  in 
the  Counties  of  Grafton  &  Coos  was  duly  considered  by  the 
President  and  Council  on  the  sixth  day  of  June  Anno 
Domini  1820  and  it  was  thereupon  resolved  that  your  re- 
quest should  be  granted. 


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Be  it  therefore  known  that,  pursuant  to  the  Charter  of  the 
N.  H.  Medical  Society  and  in  conformity  to  the  By  laws  of 
the  same,  a  District  Society,  by  the  name  of  the  Grafton 
District  Medical  Society  is  hereby  established,  to  consist  of 
the  Fellows  of  the  N.  H.  Medical  Society  now  resident  and 
of  those  who  shall  hereafter  reside  in  the  Counties  of  Graf- 
ton &  Coos,  and  Reuben  D.  Mussey  is  hereby  authorized  to 
call  a  meeting  of  the  Fellows  of  the  N.  H.  Medical  Society 
now  resident  within  the  District  aforesaid  for  the  purpose 
of  electing  Officers  and  transacting  such  other  business  as 
they  shall  deem  expedient. 

In  testimony  whereof  the  President  pursuant  to  aforesaid 
resolve  has  hereunto  subscribed  his  name  and  affixed  the 
Seal  of  the  Society  at  Concord  this  6th  day  of  June  Anno 
X)om.  1820 

Josiah  Bartlett,  President 
Sam'  Morril,  Sec'y 

New-Hampshire  Medical  Society 

Concord  June  5'"^  1821. 
The  day  of  the  annual  meeting  of  the  N.  H.  Medical  So- 
ciety having  arrived  the  following  Fellows  attended,  A^iz : 
Doctors  Josiah  Bartlett,  Matthias  Spalding,  Reuben  D. 
Mussey,  John  P.  Bachelder,  Moses  Long,  Thomas  Chad- 
Tjourne,  Joseph  ]\I.  Harper,  Peter  Bartlett,  Josiah  Crosby, 
John  Carr,  Asa  Crosby,  David  L.  Morril,  William  Pres- 
•cott,  Abner  Johnson,  Job  Wilson,  Ebenezer  Lerned,  Jo- 
.siah  Kittredge,  Truman  Abell,  James  A.  Gregg,  John  Proc- 
ter, Thomas  H.  Merrill,  Peter  P.  Woodberry,  William  Ten- 
ney,  Thomas  P.  Hill,  James  Stark,  Thomas  Shannon,  John 
Prench  and  Samuel  IMorril 

Meeting  Opened. 

Hon.  Josiah  Bartlett,  President  in  the  Chair. 
Minutes  of  the  annual  meeting  in  June  1820  were  read. 
The  following  gentlemen  who  were  proposed  to  the  Fellow- 
ship by  the  Council  June  5^*^  1821  were  balloted  for  and 


162       Records  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society 

duly  elected,  Viz :  Daniel  Oliver,  j\I.  D.,  Hanover,  James 
F.  Dana,  M.  D.,  Hanover,  John  Dewey,  M.  D.,  Lancaster, 
D""  Aaron  P.  Grosvener,  Pelhara,  D""  Abel  Goodrich,  Merri- 
mack, Isaac  Colby,  M.  D.,  New  London.  Robert  Lane.  M. 
D.,  Sutton,  Jacob  Straw,  M.  D.,  Henniker,  D""  Nathan  Jones, 
Temple,  D""  Daniel  Wardwell,  Lyndeboro.  D''  Nathaniel 
Howard,  Weare.  D""  James  M.  Fuller,  Milford,  D'"  Ebenezer 
Dearborn,  Dunstable,  Samuel  Smith,  M.  D.,  Bristol,  D"" 
David  T.  Libbey,  Wolfboro,  D""  John  Morrison,  Alton.  D"" 
Jacob  Hammons,  Farmington,  John  Kimball,  M.  D.,  Camp- 
ton,  D""  Stephen  Drew,  Milton,  Charles  Wliite,  M.  D.,  Sand- 
wich, D''  Luke  Howe,  Jaffrey,  D""  Thomas  Jewett,  Rindge, 
D""  Peter  Tuttle,  Hancock,  D""  Jonas  Hutchinson,  Hancock, 
D""  Oliver  Scripture,  Hollis,  D*"  William  Smith,  Northwood, 
D""  John  McCrillis,  Wakefield.  D""  Thomas  Wliipple,  Went- 
worth.  and  D''  Josiali  Richards,  Claremont. 
The  following  gentlemen  elected  Fellows  of  the  Society 
June  5^*^  1821,  were  notified  of  their  election,  "assented 
thereto"  appeared  and  took  their  seats,  viz:  James  F.  Dana, 
M.  D.,  D""  Aaron  P.  Grosvener,  D""  John  McCrillis  and  Isaac 
Colby,  I\r.  D. 

Patients  admitted  for  examination. 

A  child  with  a  Curvature  of  the  Spine,  and  mental  im- 
becility. 

Recommended  Caustics  applied  to  both  sides  of  the  Spine  at 
the  Curvature,  Calomel  &  Rhei.  Chalybeates,  Alkaline  lo- 
tions. Carbonate  of  Lime  &  Soda  as  an  alterative  twice  a 
day. 

Moderate  exercise  in  a  Carriage. 
A  man  with  an  Hydrocele. 

Recommended,  the  operation  for  a  radical  Cure. 
A  Lady  with  an  affection  of  the  Tibia  producing  an  en- 
largement.    Remedies  Local  bleeding  by  Leeches  or  cup- 
ping Electricity,  afterward  the  shower  Bath,  and  a  per- 
petual drain. 

A  Man  with  an  affection  of  the  knee  joint,  recommended, 
topical  bleeding,  drains,  if  the  remedies  above  mentioned 


Kecords  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society       163 

are  unsuccessful  an  operation  is  recommended  which  is  a 
free  incision  into  the  knee  joint. 

Another  with  an  affection  of  the  Lumbar  Region,  remedies, 
Issues  or  a  Seton,  preceded  by  topical  bleeding. 
Voted  to  adjourn  to  1/2  past  2  oClock  P.M. 
Met  agreeably  to  adjournment  at  1/2  past  2  oClock  P.M. 
Voted  that  D''^  David  L.  Morril,  Ebenezer  Lerned,  Samuel 
Morril,    Moses    Long,    and   Dan    Hough    be   a    committee 
cloathed  with  discretionary  powers  to  make  application  to 
the  Legislature  for  the  enactment  of  a  law  for  the  suppres- 
sion of  quackery  and  also  for  pecuniary  aid. 
Voted  to  proceed  to  the  elections  for  the  ensuing  year. 
Voted  Matthias  Spalding  M.D.  President 
Voted  Reuben  D.  Mussey  M.D.  Vice-President 
Voted  D""^  James  Odell,  David  L.  Morril,  Daniel  Adams 
(mont  Vernon)  Josiah  Crosby,  Truman  Abell,  and  James 
F.  Dana,  Counsellors.     The  President  and  Secretary  of  the 
Eastern,  Centre,  Stratford,  Southern,  Western,  and  Graf- 
ton Districts  are  also  Counsellors  Ex  Officio. 
Voted  Samuel  ^Morril,  Secretary. 
Voted  D'"  Moses  Long,  Treasurer 
Voted  D'"  Thomas  Chadbourne,  Librarian. 
Voted  D""^  Jedediah  Ingalls,  Josiah  Dwight,  Samuel  Pray, 
Jacob  Kittredge,  Job  Wilson,  Thomas  Chadbourne,  Dan- 
iel Adams   (]\Iont-Vernon)   Luther  Farley,  John  P.  Bach- 
elder  and  Charles  G.  Adams,  Reuben  D.  Mussey  and  James 
F.  Dana,  Censors. 

Voted  D""^  Josiah  Dwight,  Matthias  Spalding,  Samuel  Pray, 
John  P.  Bachelder  and  Reuben  D.  Mussey,  Deputy  Libra- 
rians. 

Voted  that  the  Delegates  to  the  Dartmouth  medical  Insti- 
tution who  are  appointed  at  this  meeting  continue  in  Office 
till  the  first  of  September  1822,  and  that  those  who  shall  be 
appointed  hereafter  continue  in  Office  a  year  from  the  first 
of  September  next  after  their  election. 
Voted  D'"  Matthias  Spalding  and  D'"  Asa  Crosby  Delegates 
to  the  Medical  Institution  at  Dartmouth  College. 


164       Records  New  Hampshire  jMedical  Society 

Voted  that  the  Delegates  to  the  Dartmouth  ^Medical  In- 
stitution be  instructed  to  report  to  this  Society,  the  manner 
in  which  the  Medical  examinations  are  conducted  at  Dart- 
mouth College,  and  also  to  report  the  State  and  situation 
of  the  Medical  School  at  Hanover. 

Voted  that  D"  Gregg,  Hill,  and  Prescott  be  a  committee  to 
audit  the  Treasurer's  Accounts. 

Voted  to  accept  D""^  Chadbourne  and  S.  Morril  as  the  Treas- 
urer's Bondsmen. 

Voted  that  D""^  Bachelder.  Shannon  and  J.  Crosby  be  a  com- 
mittee to  inspect  the  Library  and  report  thereon  at  8 
oClock  tomorrow  morning. 

The  committee  appointed  to  audit  the  Treasurer's  Ac- 
counts made  the  following  report  which  was  accepted. 

"June  5"^  1821.  The  Auditors  of  the  Treasurer's  Ac- 
counts for  the  past  year  report  that  they  find  that  Fifty 
nine  Dollars  and  fifteen  cents  have  been  paid  into  the 
Treasurer.  Fifty  six  Dollars  and  eighty  nine  cents  paid 
out.  Two  Dollars  twenty  six  cents  now  in  the  Treasury, 
and  Four  hundred  and  sixty  four  Dollars  due  to  the  So- 

James  A.   Gregg  ] 

Thomas  P.   Hill    j.  Auditors 

W"   Prescott         J 

Voted  that  D""  Chadbourne  be  directed  to  ascertain  the 
number  of  Fellows  in  each  District  and  apportion  the  Li- 
brary to  the  several  Districts  according  thereto. 
Voted  that  the  thanks  of  the  New-Hampshire  ^Medical  So- 
ciety be  presented  to  the  Hon.  Josiah  Bartlett  for  his  faith- 
ful and  impartial  discharge  of  the  laborious  duties  of  Presi- 
dent of  the  Society  during  the  Six  years  past. 

To  the  New-Hampshire  Medical  Society 
Gentlemen. 

The  unexpected  vote  of  thanks  politely  handed  me  by 
a  respectable  Committee  from  your  body  has  added  another 
excitement  to  the  cordial  wishes  for  the  prosperity  &  util- 
ity of  your  institution  which  has  long  existed  in  my  breast. 


Records  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society       165 

The  repeated  honor  the  Medical  Society  has  conferred  in 
calling  me  to  preside  in  its  meetings,  and  the  urbanity  and 
liberality  with  which  the  members  thereof  have  treated 
their  presiding  officer  while  performing  the  duties  of  that 
office,  will  be  remembered  with  gratitude  by 

Josiah  Bartlett. 

Resolved,  that  a  committee  be  appointed  to  ascertain 
whether  any,  and  if  any,  what  number  of  Physicans  Fel- 
lows of  this  Society  have  violated  its  Laws  by  consulting 
and  thereby  aiding  and  assisting  irregular  &  unlicensed 
Practitioners  the  year  past,  and  that  the  committee  report 
tomorrow  morning  at  9  oClock. 

Voted  that  D''^  Wilson,  A.  Crosby  and  Peter  P.  Woodberry 
be  the  above  committee. 

Voted  to  adjourn  to  6  oClock  A.M.  June  6*^  to  meet  at  this 
place. 

Met  agreeably  to  adjournment  June  6'*^  6  oClock  A.M. 
Voted  that  the  thanks  of  the  Society  be  presented  to  D""^ 
J.  Crosby  and  Long  for  their  tasty  and  elaborate  Deserta- 
tions  delivered  before  the  Society  this  day. 
Voted  that  D""  Andrew  P.  Wiggin  be  disconnected  from  the 
Society  for  the  present  at  his  request,  and  that  he  be  con- 
sidered an  honorary  Member  during  his  indisposition. 
The  committee  appointed  yesterday  to  ascertain  whether 
any,  and  if  any,  what  number  of  Physicians  Fellows  of 
this  Society  have  violated  the  8^*^  Section  of  the  ByLaws 
Report  that  D""  James  A.  Gregg  informs  that  D""  0.  Hast- 
ings has  transgressed  the  8'^  Section  of  the  ByLaws  of  the 
New-Hampshire  INIedical  Society,  also  D""  Peter  P.  Wood- 
bury informs  that  D""^  David  L.  Morril  and  Walker  have 
committed  the  same  otfense.  Likewise  D''  S.  IMorril  informs 
that  D''  John  Proctor  has  transgressed  the  above  article, 
and  we  are  fully  satisfied  from  what  several  persons  have 
suggested  to  us  that  the  same  offense  very  generally  pre- 
vails throughout  the  Society. 

Job  Wilson  ] 

Asa  Crosby  ^ 

Peter  P.  Woodbury] 


166       Records  New  Hampshire  JMedical  Society 

Voted  that  the  reasons  assigned  by  D""  David  L.  ^Nlorril  for 
his  deviation  from  the  S^*"  Sec.  of  the  ByLaws  are  satis- 
factory. 

In  order  to  carry  into  effect  the  ByLaws  of  this  Society 
relative  to  irregular  practice 

Voted  that  it  is  the  sense  of  this  Society  that  each  mem- 
ber thereof  consider  himself  under  peculiar  obligation  to 
do  all  in  his  power  to  enforce  our  bylaws,  and  to  report 
the  state  of  impiricism  within  his  sphere  of  business  to  the 
Society  at  every  annual  meeting. 

The  committee  appointed  to  enquire  into  the  State  of  the 
Library  beg  leave  to  report  that  from  the  representation 
of  the  Librarian  the  state  of  the  Library  is  such  that  it 
would  require  much  more  time  to  go  into  the  examination 
of  it  than  is  allowed  by  the  circumstances  in  which  the 
committee  find  themselves  placed,  they  however  beg  leave 
to  suggest  that  a  committee  be  appointed  to  go  into  a  more 
thorough  investigation  of  the  state  of  the  Library,  to  pro- 
cure a  case  for  containing  the  Books  to  cause  a  new  Cata- 
logue to  be  published  to  which  the  library  rules  and  regula- 
tions shall  be  prefixed  and  to  take  suitable  measures  for 
collecting  the  Books  now  in  the  hands  of  deputy  Librarians. 

J.   P.  Bachelder 
Thos.  Shannon 
Josiah  Crosby 

Which  report  was  accepted,  and  D''^  Sam'  ]\Iorril  and  Moses 
Long  were  appointed  a  Committee  in  conformity  to  the  re- 
port. 

Voted  that  D""^  A.  Crosby  Dana,  Chadbourne,  S.  IMorril  and 
J.  Wilson  be  a  Committee  to  examine  and  revise  the  By- 
Law^s  of  the  Society  and  report  what  alterations  or  addi- 
tions may  be  necessary,  and  report  the  same  at  the  next  an- 
nual meeting. 

Voted  that  D""  Dana  be  appointed  to  go  to  Boston  and  in- 
vestigate the  causes  of  the  mortality  among  the  Cattle  in 
that  Town  in  a  way  which  he  may  judge  necessary  by 
chemical  analysis  or  otherwise. 


Eecords  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society       167 

Voted  that  the  Letter  from  the  Secretary  of  the  Strafford 
District  N.  H.  Medical  Society  be  referred  to  the  Centre 
District. 

Voted  that  a  Catalogue  be  printed  of  the  Fellows  Associ- 
ates and  Licentiates  with  the  8**"  Section  of  the  By-Laws 
and  the  Medical  Police  prefixed  thereto,  and  that  the  Sec- 
retary be  requested  to  procure  500  printed  copies  of  the 
same,  and  distribute  a  copy  to  each  Member  of  the  Society. 
Voted  that  D""^  S.  Morril,  Dana  and  Prescott  be  Orators  for 
1822. 

Voted  that  this  meeting  stand  adjourned  to  the  Tuesday 
preceding  the  first  Wednesday  of  June  1822  then  to  meet 
at  this  place 

Sam'  Morril,  Sec'y 


State  of  New-Hampshire 


This  may  certify  that  we  the  subscribers  Censors  of  the 
New-Hampshire  ]\Iedical  Society  have  examined  j\P  Nathan 
Sanborn  of  Heneker  in  said  State  a  Candidate  for  the 
practice  of  Physic  and  Surgery  respecting  his  skill  &  knowl- 
edge therein  and  having  found  him  duly  qualified  therefor, 
do,  in  testimony  of  our  approbation,  hereunto  subscribe  our 
names  at  Salisbury  this  31^'  Day  of  January  Anno  Domini 
1821 


Attest, 

Sam'  Morril,  Sec'y 


Ebenezer   Lerned  ]  _. 

o        ,    nr         ■^  r  CcUSOrS 

Sam'  Morril  { 


State  of  New-Hampshire 


This  may  certify  that  we  the  Subscribers  Censors  of  the 
New-Hampshire  Medical  Society  have  examined  Joseph 
Foord,  of  Thornton  in  said  State  a  Candidate  for  the  prac- 
tice of  Physic  &  Surgery  respecting  his  skill  and  knowledge 


168       Records  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society 

therein,  and  having  found  him  duly  qualified  therefor,  do, 
in  testimony  of  our  approbation,  hereunto  subscribe  our 
names  at  Wentoorth  this  twelfth  day  of  July  Anno  Domini 
1821 

R.  D.  Mussey,  M.  D.  J  Censors  of  the 

James  Freeman  Dana  M.  D.  ^  New-Hampshire 

Med.  Society 
Attest, 

Sam'  Morril,  See'y 


This  may  certify  that  we  the  subscribers  Censors  of  the 
New-Hampshire  Medical  Society  have  examined  Ezra  Nich- 
ols of  Seabrook  in  said  State  a  candidate  for  the  practice 
of  Physic  and  Surgery  respecting  his  skill  and  knowledge 
therein,  and  having  found  him  duly  qualified  therefor,  do, 
in  testimony  of  our  approbation  hereunto  subscribe  our 
names. 
September  6'^  1821 

Josiah  Dwight  ]  Censors  of  the  N.  H. 

Jedi''   Ingalls     ^  Med.  Society 
Attest, 

Sam' Morril,  Sec'y 


This  may  certify  that  we  the  subscribers  Censors  of  the 
New-Hampshire  Medical  Society  have  examined  Abraham 
S.  Bradley  in  said  State  a  Candidate  for  the  practice  of 
Physic  and  Surgery  respecting  his  skill  &  knowledge  there- 
in, and  having  found  him  duly  qualified  therefor,  do,  in 
testimony  of  our  approbation  hereunto  subscribe  our  names 
August  4'»>  1821. 

Josiah  Dwight  J  Censors  of  the  N.  H. 

Jedi''    Ingalls     ^  Medical  Society 
Attest, 

Sam'  Morril,  Secretary. 


Kecords  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society       169 

State  of  New-Hampshire 

This  may  certify  that  we  the  subscribers  Censors  of  the 
New-Hampshire  ^Medical  Society  have  examined  Mr.  Ste- 
phen Cole  of  Cornish  in  said  State  a  Candidate  for  the 
practice  of  Physic  respecting  his  skill  &  knowledge  therein 
&  having  found  him  duly  qualified  therefor,  do,  in  testi- 
mony of  our  approbation  hereunto  subscribe  our  names  at 
Charlestown  this  20"^  day  of  August  1821. 

J.  P.  Bachelder  ]  M.  D. 

C.  G.  Adams        \  M.  D. 
Attest, 

Sam'  Morril,  Sec'y- 


This  may  certify  that  we  the  subscribers,  Censors  of  the 
New-Hampshire  Medical  Society  have  examined  William 
Eustis  Langdon  of  Portsmouth  a  candidate  for  the  practice 
of  Physic  and  Surgery  respecting  his  skill  and  knowledge 
therein  and  having  found  him  duly  qualified  therefor,  do, 
in  testimony  of  our  approbation  hereunto  subscribe  our 
names. 
December  18'^  1821 

Josiah  Dwight      ]  Censors  of  the  N.  H. 
Jedidiah  Ingalls  ^  Medical  Society 
Attest, 

Sam'  ]\Iorril,  Secretary. 


State  of  New-Hampshire 


This  may  certify  that  we  the  subscribers,  Censors  of  the 
New-Hampshire  Medical  Society,  have  examined  Antonio 
Knight  a  Candidate  for  the  practice  of  Physic  and  Surgery 
respecting  his  skill  and  knowledge  therein  and  having  found 
him  duly  qualified  therefor,  do,  in  testimony  of  our  appro- 


170       Records  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society 

bation  hereunto  subscribe  our  names  at  Portsmouth 

January  22""^  1822 

Josiah  D wight  ^  Censors  of  the 

Jedi'^  Ingalls    (  N.  H.  Medical  Society 

Attest, 

Sam'  Morril,  Secretary. 


New-Hampshire  Medical  Society 

Concord  June  4'''  1822 
The  day  of  the  annual  meeting  of  the  New-Hampshire 
Medical  Society  having  arrived  the  following  Fellows  at- 
tended, Viz :  Doctors  Matthias  Spalding,  Asa  Crosby,  James 
F.  Dana,  ]\Ioses  Long,  Job  Wilson,  Eeuben  D.  Mussey,  Jo- 
siah Crosby,  Peter  Bartlett,  Ebenezer  Lerned,  Josiah  Ejt- 
tredge,  John  Kamball,  Isaac  Doten,  Alexander  Boyd,  Abner 
Johnson,  Joseph  M.  Harper,  Jabez  Dow,  James  Farring- 
ton,  Thomas  Chadbourne,  William  Smith,  John  Procter, 
William  Graves,  David  L.  Morril,  William  Prescott.  Na- 
thaniel Howard,  Silas  Merrill,  Thomas  P.  Hill,  James  Stark, 
Isaac  Colby,  John  French,  Jacob  Straw,  Luke  Howe,  and 
Samuel  Morril. 

Meeting  opened. 

Matthias  Spalding  M.D.  President  in  the  Chair. 
Minutes  of  the  annual  meeting  in  June  1821  were  read. 
Voted  that  the  order  of  business  be  so  far  dispensed  with 
that  the  election  of  Officers  be  deferred  until  the  report  of 
the  committee  appointed  to  revise  the  By-Laws  be  read. 
The  following  gentlemen  who  were  proposed  to  the  Fel- 
lowship by  the  Council  June  4'^^  1822  were  balloted  for  and 
duly  elected  Viz :  John  Rogers  M.D.  of  Boscawen,  Timothy 
Parkhurst  of  Wilton,  Matthias  Spalding  of  Milford,  John 
Durkee  of  Meredith,  John  Dalton  of  New  Boston,  Nathan 
Sanborn  of  Henniker,   John  B.   McGregory  of  Newport, 
John  Sanborn  of  ]\leredith,  June  5'" 


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Richard  Russell  M.D.  was  balloted  for,  and  elected  a  Fel- 
low. 

The  following  resolutions  submitted  by  the  President  and 
Council  were  read  and  adopted, 

Resolved,  That  the  Southern  District  Society  have  ex- 
ceeded their  powers  in  appointing  officers  to  dis- 
charge their  duties  which  belong  exclusively  to 
Councillors  of  the  general  Society;  and  that  the 
acts  of  the  officers  so  appointed  are  totally  and 
utterly  null  &  void. 

Whereas  complaint  has  been  made  to  the  Council 
by  Dr  Luther  Farley  against 
Dr  James  Crombie,  Fellow  of  this  Society  and  whereas, 
the  facts  contained  in  said  complaint  are  established  and 
substantiated  according  to  the  acknowledgement  of  Dr. 
Crombie  himself,  therefore 

Resolved,  that  the  Society  view  with  extreem  regret  and 
disapprobation  the  conduct  of  Dr.  Crombie  in 
his  professional  intercourse  ^^ith  Dr.  Farley,  and 
recommend  to  Dr  Crombie  a  careful  perusal  and 
steady  adherence  to  the  police  rules  of  the  Society 
of  which  he  is  a  Fellow. 

Resolved  That  the  Secretary  be  requested  to  transmit 
copies  of  the  above  resolves  to  the  Southern  Dis- 
trict Society  and  to  Drs.  Farley  and  Crombie. 

Whereas,  Taxes  of  considerable  amount  are  due  from  vari- 
ous Fellows  to  the  Society 

Therefore 
Resolved,  that  the  Treasurer  call  on  all  Fellows 
in  arrears  for  payment,  and  if  they  refuse  so  to 
do,  to  sue  for  the  same  if  it  can  be  recovered,  and 
that  all  Fellows  who  refuse  to  pay  or  require  to 
be  sued  be  expelled  from  the  Society. 
Voted   that  Drs   Job   Wilson,    Thomas   P.    Hill,    William 
Prescott,  Reuben  D.  Mussey  and  John  Procter,  be  a  Com- 
mittee to  enquire  whether  any  Fellows  of  this  Society  have 


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violated  the  Laws  or  Police  rules  of  the  Society  and  report 
thereon  at  the  present  session. 

Docf  John  Rogers  a  Fellow  of  the  Society  appeared  and 
took  his  seat. 

Docf  James  T.  Dana  read  a  Report  on  the  examination  of 
the  waters  in  Boston  &c  which  was  accepted.     And  Drs 
Chadbourne  and  ]\Iorril  were  appointed  a  Committee     to 
procure  its  publication. 
Voted  to  adjourn  to  1/2  past  oClock  P.M. 
Met  agreeably  to  adjournment  1/2  past  2  OClock  P.M. 
Voted  that  Drs  Asa  Crosby.  Isaac  Colby  and  Thomas  P. 
Hill  be  a  Committee  to  audit  the  Treasurer's  Accounts. 
The  committee  made  the  following  report  which  was  ac- 
cepted : 

[Report  not  recorded] 

Voted  to  proceed  to  the  elections  for  the  ensuing  year. 
Voted  ^Matthias  Spalding  ]\I.D.  President 
Voted  Reuben  D.  ^lussey  M.D.  Vice-President 
Voted  Doctors  Josiah  Bartlett,  Jedidiah  Ingalls,   Samuel 
Pray,  Jabez  Dow,  Ebenezer  Lerned.  Asa  Crosby,  Luther 
Farley,    Peter    Tuttle,    Amos    Twitchel,    Daniel    Adams 
(Keene)  Daniel  Oliver  and  Ezra  Bartlett,  Counsellors. 
Voted  Drs   Josiah   D  wight,   Josiah   Bartlett,   James   Far- 
rington,   Joseph   Hammons,    Isaac    Colby,    Thomas    Chad- 
bourne,  Daniel  Adams  of  Mount- Vernon,   John  Ramsay, 
Charles  G.  Adams  Amos  Tmtchel,  Reuben  D.  ]\Iussey,  and 
Daniel  Oliver  Censors. 
Voted  Samuel  Morril  Secretary 
Voted  Docf  Moses  Long.  Treasurer 
Voted  Dr  Thomas  Chadbourne.  Librarian 
Voted  Drs  David  L.  ]\Iorril  and  Job  Wilson  be  Delegates 
to  attend  the  medical  examinations  at  Hanover. 
Report  of  one  of  the  Delegates  appointed  to  attend  the 
examinations  the  year  1821-2 

Agreeably  to  the  appointment  of  this  Society,  I  attended 
as  Delegate  the  examinations  of  Medical  Students  at  Han- 
over with  the  Medical  Professors  of  that  Institution,  both 


Eecords  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society       173 

at  Commencement  and  in  December  last,  and  beg  leave  to 
report  that  in  my  opinion,  the  examinations  were  conducted 
in  a  judicious  manly  and  critical  manner. 
I  have  attended  examinations  at  other  Medical  Schools  and 
as  far  as  I  can  judge,  those  at  Hanover  were  such  as  would 
do  honor  to  any  Medical  Institution.  I  am  therefore  of 
an  opinion  that  the  connexion  formed  between  the  two  in- 
stitutions is  calculated  to  inspire  the  Students  with  more 
ambition  for  improvement,  and  upon  the  whole  add  to  the 
stock  of  medical  science. 

Matthias  Spalding)  one  of  the 
Delegates. 

Voted  to  adjourn  to  tomorrow  morning  at  6  0 'Clock. 

Met  according  to  adjournment. 
Voted  Dr  Thomas  Chadbourne  Secretary  Pro  Tem 
Voted  that  the  Code  of  ByLaws  and  system  of  Police  as 
reported  by  the  Council  and  amended  by  the  Society  be  ac- 
cepted. 

Voted  that  Drs  Chadbourne,  Morril  and  Long  be  a  com- 
mittee to  procure  the  publication  of  the  ByLaws  and  Po- 
lice of  the  Society  as  adopted  at  the  present  meeting  that 
the  Act  of  Incorporation  and  list  of  the  Fellows  be  at- 
tached to  it. 

Dissertations  read  by  Drs  Dana  &  Prescott. 
Voted  that  Dr  S.  jMorril  be  excused  from  reading  his  dis- 
sertation till  next  meeting. 

Voted  that  the  following  members  be  erased  from  the  cata- 
logue of  Fellows  and  their  taxes  remitted  Viz.  Joseph  Til- 
ton,  Joshua  Brackett,  John  Fogg,  Josiah  Lane,  John  Rog- 
ers and  Jonathan  Greeley. 

Voted  that  Drs  Daniel  Oliver  and  Thomas  P.  Hill  rea^ 
dissertations  at  the  next  annual  meeting. 
Voted  to  adjourn  to  2  oClock  P.M. 
Met  according  to  adjournment. 

Voted  that  the  report  of  the  committee  respecting  the 
breaches  of  the  ByLaws  and  Police  of  the  Society  be  re- 
committed with  directions  to  specify  the  particular  charges. 


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Voted  that  Drs  Long,  Rogers  and  Kittredge  be  the  Library- 
Committee  the  ensuing  year. 

Voted  that  the  report  of  the  committee  relative  to  the 
charges  brought  against  Dr.  Graves  for  alleged  breaches 
of  the  By-Laws  and  Police  of  the  Society  be  deferred  to 
the  next  meeting. 

Voted  to  adjourn  to  meet  at  Concord  on  the  Tuesday  Pre- 
ceding the  first  Wednesday  in  June  1823. 

Sam'  ]\Iorril,  Secretary. 


State  of  New-Hampshire 


Be  it  remembered  that  we  the  subscribers,  Censors  of  the 
New-Hampsliire    ]\Iedical    Society    have    examined    Isaiah 
Lane  of  Candia  in  said  State  a  candidate  for  the  practice 
of  Physic  and  Surgery  respecting  his  skill  and  knowledge 
therein,  and  having  found  him  duly  qualified  therefor,  do, 
in  testimony  of  our  approbation,  hereunto  subscribe  our 
names  at  Hanover  this  1^^  Day  of  December  A.  D.  1822 
R.  D.  Mussey  J  Censors  of  the 
Dan'  Oliver     J  N.  H.  ]\Ied.  Society 
Attest,  Sam'  Morril,  Secretary. 

State  of  New  Hampshire 

This  ma}'  certify  that  we  the  subscribers  Censors  of  the 
New-Hampshire  Medical  Society  have  examined  M''  Thomas 
Lindsay  Jr.  of  Wakefield  in  s''  State,  a  Candidate  for  the 
practice  of  Physic  &  Surgery  respecting  his  skill  and 
knowledge  therein,  &  having  found  him  duly  qualified  there- 
for, do,  in  testimony  of  our  approbation,  hereunto  sub- 
scribe our  names  at  Rochester  this  15"^  day  of  February 
A.  D.  1823 

James  Farrington    )   Censors  of 
Joseph  Hammons     ^  the  N.  H.  M.  S. 
Attest, 

Sam'  Morril,  Sec'y 


Records  New  Hampshire  ^Medical  Society       175 

State  of  New-Hampshire 

This  may  certify  that  we  the  subscribers  Censors  of  the 
New  Hampshire  Medical  Society  have  examined  Isaac 
Hatch  of  Gilsum  in  said  state,  a  Candidate  for  the  Prac- 
tice of  Physick  and  Surgery  respecting  his  skill  and  knowl- 
edge therein,  and  having  found  him  duly  qualified  therefor, 
do,  in  testimony  of  our  approbation  hereunto  subscribe  our 
names  at  Keene  this  3^^  day  of  June  Anno  Domini  1822. 
J.  P.  Batchelder  )  Censors  of 
C.  G.  Adams  J  N.  H.  Med.  Society 

Attest, 

Sam'  Morril,  Secretarv\ 


State  of  New-Hampshire 


This  may  certify  that  we  the  subscribers  Censors  of  the 
New-Hampshire  Medical  Society  have  examined  Lyman 
Brooks  of  Marlow  in  said  State  a  Candidate  for  the  prac- 
tice of  Physick  and  Surgery  respecting  his  skill  and  knowl- 
edge therein,  and  having  found  him  duly  qualified  there- 
for, do,  in  testimony  of  our  approbation  hereunto  subscribe 
names  at  Keene  this  S'"^  day  of  June  Anno  Domini  1822. 
J.  P.  Bachelder  )  Censors  of  the 
C.  G.  Adams  J  N.  H.  Med.  Society 

Attest, 

Sam'  Morril,  Sec'y 


State  of  New-Hampshire 


This  may  certify  that  we  the  subscribers  Censors  of  the 
New-Hampshire  Medical  Society  have  examined  Ephraim 
Adams  of  Hanover  in  said  State  a  candidate  for  the  prac- 
tice of  Physick  and  Surgery  respecting  his  skill  and  knowl- 
edge therein,  &  having  found  him  duly  qualified  therefor, 
do,  in  testimony  of  our  approbation  hereunto  subscribe  our 


176       Records  New  Hampshire  Medic^ul.  Society 

names  at  Hanover  this  19'*^  day  of  December  Anno  Domini 

1822 

R.  D.  Mussey    J  Censors  of  the 

Dan'  Oliver       J  N.  H.  Medical 

Attest,  Society 
Sam'  Mbrril,  Secretary. 


State  of  New-Hampshire 


This  may  certify  that  we  the  subscribers  Censors  of  the 
New-Hampshire  Medical  Society  have  examined  Samuel 
Richardson  of  Peterboro,  in  said  State  a  Candidate  for  the 
practise  of  Physick  &  Surgery,  respecting  his  skill  &  knowl- 
edge therein,  and  having  found  him  duly  qualified  there- 
for, do,  in  testimony  of  our  approbation,  hereunto  subscribe 
our  names  at  Amherst  this  9^^  day  of  Ocf  A.  D.  1820 

Matthias  Spalding    1   Censors  of 
Daniel  Adams  C  the  Med. 

Attest,  Society, 

Sam'  Morril,  Sec'y. 


State  of  New-Hampshire 


This  may  certify  that  we  the  subscribers  Censors  of  the 
New-Hampshire  Medical  Society  have  examined  Jeremiah 
Stickney  of  Antrim  in  said  State,  a  Candidate  for  the 
practice  of  Physick  and  Surgery  respecting  his  skill  & 
knowledge  therein,  and  having  found  him  duly  qualified 
therefor,  do,  in  testimony  of  our  approbation,  hereunto  sub- 
scribe our  names  at  Amherst  this  3'"'^  day  of  October  Anno 
Domini  1820. 

]\Iattliias    Spalding  ^  Censors  of 
Daniel  Adams  i^  the  Med. 

Society. 
Attest, 

Sam'  Morril,  Secretary. 


Records  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society       177 

State  of  New-Hampshire 

This  may  certify  that  we  the  subscribers,  Censors  of  the 
New-Hampshire  Medical  Society  have  examined  Israel 
Burnham  of  Antrim  in  said  State,  a  Candidate  for  the  prac- 
tice of  Physick  &  Surgery  respecting  his  skill  &  knowl- 
edge therein,  and  having  found  him  duly  qualified  there- 
for, do,  in  testimony  of  our  approbation,  hereunto  subscribe 
our  names  at  Amherst  this  2"'^  day  of  October  Anno  Domini 
1820 

Matthias  Spalding    J   Censors  of  the 
Daniel  Adams  ^  N.  H.  Med.  Society 

Attest, 

Sam'  Mori'il,  Sec'y 


State  of  New-Hampshire 

This  may  certify  that  we  the  Subscribers  Censors  of  the 
New-Hampshire  Medical  Society  have  examined  M'"  Ira 
Weston  of  Mont-Vemon  in  said  State,  a  Candidate  for  the 
Practice  of  Physick  and  Surgery,  respecting  his  skill  & 
knowledge  therein,  and  having  found  him  duly  qualified 
therefor,  do,  in  testimony  of  our  approbation  hereunto  sub- 
scribe our  names  at  ]\Iont-Vernon  this  IS''*  day  of  January 
A.  D.  1823 

Daniel  Adams    )   Censors  of  the 
John  Eamsay     C  N.  H.  Med.  Society 
Attest, 

Sam'  Morril,  Sec'y. 


New-Hampshire  Medical  Society 
June  3  1823 
The  day  of  the  meeting  of  the  New-Hampshire  Medical  So- 
ciety having  arrived  the  following  Fellows  attended  Viz. 
Doctors  Matthias  Spalding,  Asa  Crosby,  Ebenezer  Lerned, 
Jabez  Dow,  Peter  Tuttle,  Daniel  Oliver,  Job  Wilson,  Luther 
Farley,  George  Farrar,  Thomas  Chadbourne,  Nathan  San- 

12 


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born,  John  McCrillis,  Peter  Bartlett,  William  Graves, 
Thomas  P.  Hill,  John  Durkee,  John  Carr,  John  Dewey, 
David  L.  Morril,  Josiah  Kittredge,  Josiah  Crosby,  Silas 
Merril,  Joseph  Hammons,  Nathaniel  Howard.  Joseph  M. 
Harper,  Moses  Long,  James  F.  Dana,  Matthias  Spalding 
(Milford)  William  Smith,  James  Stark,  Isaac  Colby,  Jacob 
Straw,  William  Tenney,  Reuben  D.  Miissey,  Richard  Rus- 
sell, and  Samuel  Morril,  June  4'^^  Drs  Rogers  and  Proctor. 

Meeting  opened. 

Matthias  Spalding  M.  D.  President  in  the  Chair. 
Minutes  of  the  annual  meeting  in  June  1822  were  read. 
Voted  that  the  charges  brought  against  Dr.  William  Graves 
be  taken  up  by  the  society  and  acted  upon,  which  were  the 
following  viz 

1st  Of  making  a  false  statement  respecting  the  case  of  John 
Whitehouse  of  Pembroke.  2°^,  For  visiting  patients  Mrs 
Foster  and  Miss  Knox,  the  first  without  the  knowledge  of 
the  attending  Physician  (Dr  Kittredge)  in  the  latter  case, 
he  visited  in  consultation,  went  to  the  place  appointed  four 
hours  before  the  time  agreed  on,  and  encouraged  the  patient 
to  expect  something  better  than  had  been  done,  and  so  far 
ingraciated  himself  as  to  procure  the  dismission  of  D""  Kit- 
tredge, and  took  the  case  of  the  patient  himself. 
S*"**  And  also,  for  having  consulted  with  an  unlicensed  and 
ignorant  practitioner  viz  Samuel  Sargent  of  Chichester, 
in  the  case  of  M'"  Seavey  of  that  Town  after  having  been 
made  acquainted  with  the  circumstances  that  Dr.  J.  Crosby 
had  refused  to  consult  with  said  Sargent  in  the  case. 
The  foregoing  charges  were  reported  to  the  society  by 
a  committee  of  whom  Dr  Job  Wilson  was  chairman. 
The  Society  having  made  progress  in  the  investigation  of 
the  charges  against  Docf  Graves  but  not  having  time  to 
complete  the  same — Voted  to  adjourn  to  1/2  past  2  oClock 
P.  M. 

Met  according  to  adjournment  and  resumed  the  investiga- 
tion of  the  charges  against  Dr  Graves,  at  the  close  of  which, 


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the  sense  of  the  society  was  taken  on  the  question  whether 
the  charges  were  supported  or  not. 

The  decision  of  the  society  on  the  first  charge  was  in  the 
affirmative  Yeas  15  Nays  5. 

The  second  was  also  decided  in  the  affirmative  Yeas  9  Nays 
6:  and  the  third  likewise  Yeas  13  Nays  3;  Whereupon, 
voted  that  President  and  Council  be  a  committee  to  decide 
on  the  case  of  Dr  Graves  and  report  tomorrow  morning 
at  6  oClock. 

Voted  that  Drs  Hill,  Colby  and  A.  Crosby  be  a  committee 
to  audit  the  Treasurer's  accounts. 

Voted  to  remit  to  Dr  Daniel  Adams  of  Keen  12  dollars,  to 
the  estate  of  Dr  William  Cutter  late  of  Portsmouth  dec'd 
8  Dollars,  to  Dr  Nathan  Smith  11  Dollars,  and  that  a  coun- 
terfeit 3  Dollar  bill  be  credited  to  the  Treasurer. 
Voted  that  Drs  Mussey,  McCrillis  and  Wilson  be  a  commit- 
tee to  report  a  method  of  treatment  of  the  patients  who  may 
come  before  the  society  for  advice. 

Voted  to  proceed  to  the  election  of  officers  for  the  ensuing 
year. 

Voted  Hon.  David  L.  Morril  M.  D.  President 
Voted  Reuben  D.  Mussey  M.  D.  Vice-President 
Voted  Doctors  Josiali  Bartlett,  Samuel  Pray.  Jabez  Dow, 
Ebenezer  Lerned,  Asa   Crosby,   Matthias  Spalding,   Peter 
Tuttle,  Amos  Twitchell,  Daniel  Adams  Keene,  Daniel  Oli- 
ver, Thomas  Whipple  Jr  and  Thomas  P.  Hill  Counsellors. 
Voted  Doctors  Jacob  Kittredge,  James  Farrington,  John 
Durkee,    William     Prescott,     Matthias     Spalding,     Daniel 
Adams  Mont-Vernon,  Amos  Twitchell,  Charles  G.  Adams, 
Reuben  D.  Mussey,  and  Daniel  Oliver  Censors. 
Voted  Samuel  Morril,  Secretary. 
Voted  Dr  Moses  Long,  Treasurer. 
Voted  Dr  Thomas  Chadbourne,  Librarian. 
Voted  Doctors  Amos  Twitchell  and  Jabez  Dow  delegates  to 
attend  the  medical  examination  at  Dartmouth  College. 
Voted  that  Drs  S.  jNIorril.  Moses  Long  and  Josiali  Kittredge 
be  the  Library  Committee. 


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Voted  that  Drs  Jacob  Kittredge,  Josiah  Bartlett,  E.  Lerned, 
Daniel  Adams   of  Mont-Yernon,    Charles   G.   Adams   and 
Thomas  Whipple  Jr  be  the  committee  of  correspondence. 
Voted  that  the  dessertations  be  read  tomorrow  morning  at 
9  oClock. 

Voted  that  the  following  report  of  the  committee  appointed 
to  audit  the  Treasurer's  accounts  be  accepted.  June  S'"^  1823. 
The  auditors  of  the  Treasurer's  acc't  for  the  year  past  re- 
port that  the  balance  in  the  hands  of  the  Treasurer  on  the 
last  settlement  was  $20  :53  cents ;  that  there  has  paid  into 
the  Treasury  since  that  time  127  Dollars.  That  there  has 
been  paid  out  of  the  Treasury  $109:52  Leaving  a  balance 
in  the  Treasury  of  $38  :1  cent,  we  likewise  find  due  to  the 
Treasurer  from  individual  members  $254.  The  committee 
find  the  accounts  correctly  cast  and  properly  vouched. 

Thomas  P.  HiU 
Isaac  Colby 
Asa  Crosby. 

Voted  to  allow  Dr  Chadbourne's  account  amounting  to 
$5.58  cents. 

Voted  that  a  committee  of  three  Viz :  Drs  D.  L.  ]\Iorril, 
Thomas  P.  Hill  and  R.  D.  Mussey  be  added  to  the  President 
and  Council  to  take  into  consideration  the  present  business 
before  that  body. 

Voted  that  dessertations  in  future  be  read  on  Wednesday 
succeeding  the  daj^  of  the  annual  meeting  at  9  oClock  A.  M. 
The  following  gentlemen  who  were  proposed  to  the  Fel- 
lowship June  S"'^  &  -4"'  1823  were  balloted  for  and  elected 
Viz :  Doctors  Joseph  Dalton  of  Brentwood,  James  Barr  of 
New  Ipswich,  Jabez  B.  Priest  Peterborough,  Adonijah  Howe 
Jaffrey,  Benjamin  Skelton  Pelham,  Samuel  Huston  Hook- 
sett,  Rufus  Kittredge  Chester,  William  Burns  Littleton, 
Daniel  Mowe  New  Durham,  John  P.  Elkins  Middleton, 
Caleb  Buswell  Warner,  Robert  Lane  Sutton,  John  Thurs- 
tain  Portsmouth,  William  Perry  Exeter,  and  Austin  George 
of  Boscawen. 


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Voted  that  this  meeting  be  adjourned  to  6  oClock  tomorrow 
morning. 

Met  according  to  adjournment  June  4"^  1823  at  6  oClock 
A.  M. 

The  committee  to  whom  was  referred  the  case  of  Dr  William 
Graves  reported  the  following  Resolution, 
Resolved,  that  Dr  William  Graves  having  been  convicted  of 
violating  certain  Laws  of  the  N.  H.  Medical  Society  he  be 
reprimanded  before  the  Society  by  the  President — which 
duty  was  attended  to  according  to  the  above  Resolution. 
Resolved  that,  in  any  breach  of  the  By-laws  of  this  so- 
ciet}^  by  any  individual  member  or  members,  it  shall  be  the 
duty  of  the  complainant  in  all  cases  to  prefer  the  charges 
mthin  one  year  from  the  annual  meeting  next  after  the  of- 
fense is  committed. 

Voted  that  the  papers  prefering  charges  against  Drs.  J. 
Crosby  and  J.  Ivittredge  by  Dr  William  Graves  be  with- 
drawn, because,  in  the  opinion  of  the  society  that  have  not 
original  jurisdiction  in  the  cases. 

Dissertations  read  by  Drs  Oliver,  S.  Morril  and  Colby. 
Voted  that  Dr  Colby  be  requested  to  leave  a  copy  of  his 
dissertation   with   the    Secretary. 

Voted  that  the  Treasurer  be  directed  to  pay  in  future  all  the 
bills  of  the  Society  (with  the  exception  of  bills  for  pro- 
vinder  and  spirits)  until  after  the  adjournment.  The  fol- 
lowing report  of  one  of  the  delegates  appointed  to  attend 
the  medical  examinations  at  Dartmouth  College  was  read. 
Visited  the  Medical  Institution  at  Hanover  Dec'"  4'''  and  tar- 
ried there  till  the  IG**^  in  which  time  I  had  a  sufficient  op- 
portunity to  observe  the  mode  of  instruction,  the  regulation 
of  the  school  &c.  The  whole  number  of  medical  students 
was  85,  in  general  they  had  the  appearance  of  being  close 
students,  I  saw  none  who  spent  their  time  idly,  a  consid- 
erable number  are  properly  pious,  and  with  the  exception 
of  a  few,  they  all  conducted  with  propriety,  and  in  general 
were  as  respectable  well  behaved  young  men  as  I  ever  recol- 
lect to  have  been  acquainted  with.     The  mode  of  instruc- 


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tion  in  my  opinion  is  excellent.  The  anatomical  prepara- 
tions belonging  to  the  institution  are  well  prepared,  ex- 
hibiting all  the  important  parts  which  it  is  required  for  the 
surgeon  to  know :  viz.  The  bones  ligaments  tendons  &  some 
of  the  muscles,  the  heart  &  larger  arteries,  the  larger  veins 
&  nerves  &  several  preparations  of  important  viscera  like- 
wise several  imjjortant  drawings,  wax  figures  &  likewise  sev- 
eral instructive  models  of  the  eye;  these  are  only  some  of 
the  more  important  parts  of  the  anatomical  museiun.  The 
chemical  Laboratory  &  apparatus  are  good  its  collections  of 
minerals  &  natural  productions  are  considerable,  it  like- 
wise contains  samples  of  most  of  the  metals  and  ores.  There 
are  four  lectures  in  a  day;  Viz:  One  on  Anatomy,  one  on 
Surgery,  one  on  the  Theory  &  practice  of  Physic  &  one 
on  Chemistry ;  at  each  lecture  the  students  are  examined  as 
follows.  In  chemistry  they  are  required  to  name  the  com- 
ponent parts  of  the  various  salts,  minerals,  stones,  earths, 
fluids,  oils,  &c  likewise  to  describe  their  analysis  and  synthe- 
sis as  far  as  has  been  ascertained.  In  physic  to  describe  the 
sj-mptoms,  nature  &  treatment  of  diseases.  In  Surgery  how 
to  determine  the  disease  or  injury,  the  mode  of  operating, 
the  parts  which  may  be  divided  and  those  which  should  be 
avoided,  and  likewise  to  give  their  reasons  for  each  step,  and 
to  demonstrate  the  same  by  anatomy.  Gentlemen  will  read- 
ily perceive  that  this  is  the  proper  way  to  rivet  those  ideas 
in  the  mind  of  the  pupil,  which  it  is  so  immensely  important 
for  him  to  know;  especially  when  he  is  called  to  perform 
important  operations  in  surgery,  on  the  well  performance 
of  which  the  life  of  his  patient  &  his  reputation  may  de- 
pend. As  respect  physic  we  would  further  observe  that 
every  days  experience  confirms  us  more  &  more  in  the  be- 
lief, that  any  rational  system  of  the  practise  of  physic  must 
be  founded  on  inductions,  derived  from  anatomical  & 
physiological  researches.  The  examination  of  a  large  pro- 
portion of  the  medical  students  was  very  satisfactory :  their 
examination  collectively  considered  amounted  to  a  minute 
recital  of  all  the  most  important  parts  of  the  profession. 


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President  Tyler  apparently  from  surprise  at  the  length  & 
minuteness  of  the  examination  observed  that  it  must  be  a 
great  tax  on  the  memory. 
Salisbury  May  29*'^  1823.  Job  Wilson 

Resolved  that  the  eastern  District  Medical  Society  of  the 
State  of  X.  H.  having  neglected  their  regular  meetings  for 
a  long  time  have  forfeited  their  charter. 
Voted  that  Drs  Thomas  P.  Hill  and  Jabez  Dow  be  appointed 
to  read  dissertations  before  the  society  at  the  annual  meet- 
ing in  June  182-1. 

Docf  Joseph  Dalton  of  Brentwood  a  Fellow  of  the  Society 
appeared  and  took  his  seat. 

Voted  that  the  Members  of  the  Society  who  live  more  than 
50  miles  from  the  Library  shall  have  liberty  to  retain  the 
books  one  year. 

Voted  that  the  society  will  attend  to  medical  communica- 
tions at  14  past  2  oClock  P.  M. 
Voted  to  adjourn  for  half  an  hour  to  dine. 
Met  according  to  adjournment 

Docf  Silas  Walker  of  Goffstown  who  was  proposed  to  the 
Fellow.ship  by  the  Council  was  balloted  for  and  elected. 
Dr  Walker  a  Fellow  of  the  society  appeared  and  took  his 
seat. 

Voted  to  adjourn  to  the  Tuesday  preceeding  the  first  Wed- 
nesday of  June  1824  then  to  meet  in  Concord. 

Sam'  Morril,  Sec'y 

The  President  and  Council  of  the  X.  H.  Medical  met  on 
Monday  the  2^"^  June  1823  and  proceeded  to  business 
Voted  that  Dr  Thomas  Lindsey  of  Wakefield  may  resign 
his  Fellowship  on  paying  up  his  arrears  to  this  time,  and 
that  he  be  considered  a  retired  member. 
Dr  Matthias  Spalding  paid  before  the  Council  for  their 
consideration  certain  letters  being  a  correspondence  be- 
tween said  Spalding  and  Dr  John  Wallace  of  Milford  both 
Fellows  of  said  society  which  correspondence  iriginated  in 
consequence  of  two  letters  containing  allegations  against 


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said  Wallace  for  a  breach  of  the  by-laws,  and  were  ad- 
dressed to  said  Spalding  in  his  official  capacity.  Therefore 
resolved,  that  the  Secretary  give  notice  to  Dr  John  Wallace 
that  the  Council  will  tomorrow  at  10  oClock  A.  ]\I.  or  at 
some  hour  subsequent  on  said  day  attend  to  the  charges  ex- 
hibited against  him,  and  that  he  serve  him  with  a  copy  of 
their  proceedings,  passed  in  Council. 

In  Council  June  S''^  1823.  it  was  resolved  that  the  Council 
have  not  in  the  present  form  of  the  business  jurisdiction  of 
the  case  of  Dr  John  Wallace,  but  that  it  ought  to  have  orig- 
inated before  the  district  Society. 

In  Council  June  3'"''  1823  Voted  that  a  committee  be  ap- 
pointed from  the  Council  to  specify  such  authors  as  they 
shall  judge  most  proper  to  be  studied  by  medical  students 
and  Drs  Daniel  Oliver,  Jabez  Dow  and  Matthias  Spalding 
were  appointed. 

Sam'  Morril,  Sec'y- 


State  of  New-Hampshire 


This  may  certify  that  we  the  subscribers  Censors  of  the 
New-Hampshire  ]\Iedical  Society  have  examined  Abraham 
Hazeltine  of  Wardsborough  Vermont  a  Candidate  for  the 
practice  of  Physic  &  Surgery  respecting  his  skill  and  knowl- 
edge therein,  and  having  found  him  duly  qualified  therefor, 
do,  in  testimon}^  of  our  approbation  hereunto  subscribe  our 
names  at  Hanover  this  18'^  day  of  December  A.  D.  1822 

R.  D.  Mussey   )   Censors  of  the  N.  H. 

Daniel  Oliver    (  Med.  Society 
Attest, 

Sam'  Morril,  Secretary 


State  of  New-Hampshire 


We,  the  Censors  of  the  New-Hampshire  Medical  Society, 
duly  appointed    and    authorized,    have    examined    Philip 


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Tovvle  of  Hampton  in  the  County  of  Eockingham,  a  Can- 
didate for  the  practice  of  Physic  and  Surgery,  and  having 
found  him  duly  qualified,  do  approve  and  license  him  a 
practitioner  in  Medicine  and  Surgery,  agreeably  to  Law  in 
that  case  made  and  provided. 

Dated  at  Somersworth  this  eighteenth  day  of  July  A.  D. 
1823 

Jacob  Kittredge        )     ^ 

-r  ^       .     ^         1-     Censors 

James  li  arrmgton 

Attest, 

Sam'  Morril  Sec'y. 


State  of  New-Hampshire 


We,  the  Censors  of  the  New-Hampshire  Medical  Society, 
duly  appointed  and  authorized,  have  examined  Augustus 
Willard  of  Cooperstown  in  the  County  of  Otsego  &  State 
of  New  York,  a  Candidate  for  the  practice  of  Physic  &  Sur- 
gery, and  having  found  him  duly  qualified,  do  approve  and 
license  him  a  practitioner  in  jMedicine  and  Surgery,  agree- 
ably to  law  in  that  case  made  and  provided. 
Hanover  N.  H.  November  1='  1823 

R.  D.  Mussey    )      ^ 

.  1  ^T  V     Censors 

Daniel  Oliver    \ 

Attest, 

Sam'  Morril.  Sec'y 


State  of  New-Hampshire 


This  may  certify  that  we  the  subscribers  Censors  of  the 
New-Hampshire  Medical  Society  have  examined  Samuel 
Johnson  3'"'^  of  Andover  in  the  State  of  Massachusetts,  a 
Candidate  for  the  practice  of  Physic  and  Surgery  respect- 
ing his  skill  &  knowledge  therein,  and  having  found  him 
duly  qualified  therefor,  do  in  testimony  of  our  approbation, 


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hereunto  subscribe  our  names  at  Hanover  this  27'**  day  of 
November  Anno  Domini  1823 

R.  D.  Mussey    ^   Censors  of  the  N.  H. 

Daniel  Oliver    C  Medical  Society 
Attest^ 

Sam'  Morril,  Sec'y. 


State  of  New  Hampshire 

The  Council  of  the  N.  H.  Medical  Society  met  on  Monday 

the  31^'  day  of  May  1824 

Present  D"  E.  Lemed,  A.  Crosby  &  Tuttle  D^  Muzzey  in 

the  chair,  proceeded  to  the  following. 

An  appeal  of  D""  William  Graves  from  the  decision  of  the 

Center  District  Society  in  relation  to  a  Charge  bro  't  by  Dr 

Graves  against  D""  Josiah  Kittredge  was  taken  up  by  the 

Council. 

D""  William  Graves  prefers  a  charge  against  D''  J.  Kittredge 

for  making  fals  statements  respecting  his  visiting  a  Miss 

Knox  of  Pembroke 

W.  Graves 

Voted  that  the  Council  will  not  admit  any  person  who  is  not 
a  Fellow  of  the  Society  to  advocate  any  cause  that  may  be 
referred  to  them  for  their  decision.  * 

Voted  that  the  Council  proceed  to  the  trials  in  the  case  of 
D-"^  Graves  &  Kittredge. 

Voted  to  adjourn  to  six  oclock  tomorrow  morning. 
Met  agreeable  to  adjournment  on  Tuesday  June  1®'  1824 
and  resumed  the  consideration  of  the  cases  between  D'' 
Graves  &  Kittredge 

Voted  that  the  charge  exhibited  by  D""  Graves  against  D"" 
Kittredge  in  the  case  of  Miss  Knox  is  not  supported. 
Voted  that  Doctors  Thomas  Wliipple  Jr  and  Thomas  Chad- 
bourn  be  Orators  for  1825 


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Voted  that  Doet  Josiali  Bartlett  be  allowed  to  resign  his 

fellowship. 

Voted  to  adjourn  sine  die. 

Peter  Bartlett  Secy. 
New  Hampshire  Medical  Society. 

Concord  June  l"*'  1824.  The  day  of  the  annual  meeting 
having  arrived  the  Follow  Fellows  attended  Viz 
Doctors  Muzzy,  A.  Crosby,  Lerned,  Oliver,  Tuttle,  Hill, 
Dow,  J.  Bartlett,  Chadbourn,  P.  Bartlett,  Graves,  Ham- 
mons,  Russell,  J.  Wallace,  J.  Crosby,  Huston,  M.  Spalding 
Jr.,  N.  Sanborn,  Tenney,  W.  Prescott,  Long,  McCrillis,  S. 
Merrill,  Harper,  J.  Straw,  J.  Kittridge,  Buswell,  J.  Dalton, 
Proctor,  I.  Gale,  J.  Morrison,  Farrington,  L.  How,  I. 
Colby,  J.  Stark,  Rogers  &  S.  Morrill. 

Meeting  opened.    R.  D.  Muzzy  Vice  President  in  the  chair. 
The  minutes  of  the  annual  meeting  in  1823  were  read. 
Voted  to  attend  to  the  operation  of  extracting  polopi. 
Voted  that  D'"^  Oliver,  Dow  and  Lerned  be  a  committee  to 
specify  such  authors  as  they  shall  judge  most  proper  to  be 
studied  by  medical  students. 

The  following  gentlemen  who  were  proposed  to  the  Fellow- 
ship were  voted  for  &  elected.  Viz  Drs  Simeon  I.  Bard 
of  Wear,  Cyrus  Hamilton  of  Lime,  Cyrus  B.  Hamilton  of 
Lime,  Alanson  Stark  of  Orford,  Eliphalet  Kimball  of  Or- 
ford,  Harvey  Studley  of  Bradford,  Enos  Hoit  of  Nortlifield, 
0.  E.  Durgen,  Sanbornton,  Joseph  Foord  of  Piermont, 
Jeremiah  Stickney  of  Antrim,  Jesse  Merrill  of  Salisbury, 
Isaac  Stearns  of  Dunbarton,  Elias  Frost  of  Plainfield,  Mar- 
tin of  Plainfield,  Daniel  Hovey  of  Canaan,  Charles  Plas- 
tredge  of  Canaan,  Robert  Burns  of  Hebron,  Rogers  of 
Plymouth,  Ichabod  Shaw  of  Moltonborough,  Samuel  Web- 
ber of  Charleston,  Asahel  L.  Shurtleff  of  Rindge,  James 
Batchelder  of  Marlboro,  Jared  Perkins  of  Fitzwilliam, 
Chase  Prescott  of  Gilford,  Nathaniel  Low  of  South-  Ber- 
wick, Me.,  Moses  Colby  of  Ossipee,  Gallup  of  Lebanon, 
and  Israel  Ilerrick  of  Lyndboro'. 
Voted  to  adjourn  to  i/.>  past  2  Oclock  P.M. 


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Met  according  to  adjournment. 

Voted  that  D''^  Asa  Crosby,  Tuttle  and  Wallace  be  a  Com- 
mittee to  report  a  method  of  treatment  for  the  patients  who 
may  come  before  the  Society  for  advice. 
Patients  present  for  advice,  one  with  an  affection  of  the 
Eye.  The  following  treatment  was  recommended. 
First  to  extract  the  Polipi  from  the  nose.  Give  Bark  & 
Iron  freely,  and  the  following 

By  Mur  Mercury  2gr  Muri  acid  60  gt,  Wine  one  oz,  in 
doses  of  12  or  15  drops  twice  a  day  apply  the  Citron  oint- 
ment, a  perpetual  Blister  behind  the  Ear. 
Voted  that  Doct  Dow,  McCrillis  and  Chadbourn  be  a  Com- 
mittee to  report  a  method  of  Treatment  for  the  following 
patients.  Richard  Glidden,  complaint  of  the  stomach. 
Stimulating  and  active  cathartics  twice  weekly.  Laxative 
daily,  if  eostiveness  requires  it.  AVarm  bath  occasionally 
Tonics,  Aromatic  Bitters.  Cold  Bath  Long  continued. 
Young  Woman,  complaint  of  the  Arm.  Bleeding  one  or 
more,  active  cathartic,  topical  application  of  steam  with 
muriate  ointment.  Tonics,  Cold  Bath. 
John  Nute  with  an  indolent  ulcer.  Cold  Bath  daily  appli- 
cation of  escarotics  often  varied  Bandages,  adhesive  straps. 
D""^  Enos  Hoit  and  Chase  Prescot  appeared  and  took  their 
seats. 

Voted  that  D''^  Asa  Crosby  T.  P.  Hill  and  Isaac  Colby  be  a 
Committee  to  audit  the  Treasurers  Accounts. 
Voted  that  the  Accounts  presented  by  D'"  Chadbourn  be 
allowed  &  the  Treasurer  be  instructed  to  pay  the  same. 
Voted  that  a  committee  of  three  be  chosen  to  take  into  con- 
sideration the  propriety  of  distributing  the  Library  among 
the  several  districts  according  to  the  number  of  members 
in  each  District. 

Voted  that  Chadbourn,  Dow  and  Rogers  be  the  above  Com- 
mittee. 

Voted  to  proceed  to  the  election  of  officers  for  the  ensuing 
year. 
Voted  Reuben  D.  Muzzv  M  D  President 


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Yoted  Asa  Crosby  M  D.  Viee  President 
Voted  D'-^  E.  Lerned  David  L.  Morril,  Job  Wilson,  Peter 
Tuttle,  Daniel  Adams.  ]\Iont  Vernon,  Jabez  Dow,  Richard 
Russell,  Daniel  Oliver,  Thomas  Whipple  Jr.,  Amos  Twitch- 
ell  Luke  How  Counsellors 

Toted  D''^  Josiali  Crosby,  Thomas  Chadbourn,  M.  Spaulding, 
John  Ramsay,  James  Farrington,  Jacob  Kettridge,  Daniel 
Oliver,  Thomas  Whipple,  Jr.,  Amos  Twitchel  and  Charles 
G.  Adams,  Censors. 
Voted  D'"  Peter  Bartlett  Secretary. 
Voted  D'"  Moses  Long  Treasurer 
Voted  D'"  Thomas  Chadbourn  Librarian 
Voted  that  D""^  Job  Wilson,  Jabez  Dow,  Daniel  Oliver,  John 
Wallace,  John  B.  McGregory  be  a  Committee  of  correspon- 
dence 

Voted  that  Daniel  Adams  M  Vernon  and  Samuel  Morrill 
be  Delegates  to  Hanover 

Voted  to  accept  the  report  of  the  committee  for  the  Dis- 
tribution of  the  Librarj^ 

Wliereas  many  members  of  the  Society  being  in  a  great 
measure  deprived  of  the  benefits  of  the  Library  by  reason  of 
its  local  situation  and  believing  that  the  intentions  of  the 
Liberal  Donor  would  be  better  fulfilled  by  an  equal  dis- 
tribution of  the  Books  to  the  several  Districs  Societies, 
therefore 

Resolved  that  the  Distric  Societies  Librarians  be  required  to 
meet  at  the  Library  the  first  Tuesday  of  January  next  and 
make  an  equitable  division  of  all  the  Books  belonging  to  the 
New  Hampshire  Medical  Society  Library     Each  Librarian 
shall  receive  a  number  of  volumes  proportioned  to  the  num- 
ber of  associates  composing  his  respective  Distric 
Resolved  that  the  manner  of  making  the  division  shall  be 
determined  by  the  several  Librarians  when  they  meet. 
Resolved  that  in  case  any  Distric  Librarian  shall  be  unable 
to  attend  said  meeting  he  may  appoint  a  substitute. 
Resolved  that  in  case  any  Distric  be  not  represented,  the 
Librarians  present  may  appoint  a  person  to  fill  the  vacancy 


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Resolved  that  the  Treasurer  be  required  to  stop  all  periodi- 
cal publicatious  now  taking  for  the  library  &  pay  up  all 
arrearages. 

Resolved  that  the  aforesaid  Books  be  under  the  order  &  con- 
troul  of  this  Society  and  to  be  receipted  for  as  such  &  to  be 
returned  when  ordered  by  vote  of  said  Society 
Voted  that  the  Secretary  be  authorized  to  write  to  inform 
the  several  District  Librarians  at  what  time  they  shall  meet 
to  make  the  distribution  of  the  Books 
Voted  to  accept  the  report  of  the  Committee  recommending 
Books  to  be  read  by  Medical  Students 

Voted  that  a  Committee  be  chosen  every  anual  meeting  to 
make  a  selection  of  Books  for  Medical  Students 
Voted  to  adjourn  to  8  Oclock  tomorrow  morning 
Wednesday  June  3*^  Met  according  to  adjournment 
Voted  to  adopt  the  method  reconTmended  by  the  Council 
for  the  publication  of  medical  facts 
Voted  that  Doct.  Oliver  make  a  report. 
Voted  to  chose  a  Committee  of  three  to  petition  the  Legis- 
lature for  an  act  to  regulate  the  practice  of  Physic  in  this 
State. 

Voted  to  accept  the  report  of  the  Com'  viz  Chadbourn, 
Oliver  &  Hill. 

Whereas  since  the  organization  of  the  New  Hampshire 
Medical  Society  the  influence  of  irregular  and  unlicensed 
Practitioners  has  never  been  greater  than  at  the  present 
period  and  the  Society  having  in  vain  repeatedly  petitioned 
the  Legislature  for  the  enactment  of  a  law  for  the  regulation 
of  the  Practice  of  Physic  &  Surgery  in  this  State  and  being 
convinced  by  many  years  experience  that  the  wisest  regula- 
tions and  most  rigid  police  is  incompetent  to  remedy  the 
evil,  while  destitute  of  some  legal  restraint,  therefore 
Resolved  that  it  is  expedient  again  to  lay  the  subject  before 
the  Legislature  and  respectfully  petition  for  some  salutary 
law  for  the  regulation  of  the  practice  of  Physic  &  Surgery 
in  this  State. 
Resolved  that  we  review  with  regret  and  alarm  the  rapid 


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increase  of  quackery  of  late  within  the  limits  of  our  Society 
and  since  we  have  no  Legislative  patronage  to  remedy  the 
evil,  we  will  both  in  our  corporate  and  individual  capacity 
endeavor  to  pursue  such  measures  as  will  have  a  tendency 
to  discourage  its  further  increase. 

Resolved  that  we  view  with  regret  the  increasing  circulation 
of  nostrums  and  Quack  medicines  among  the  people,  and  we 
will  therefore  at  all  times  discourage  their  use  by  our 
patients  when  in  our  power. 

Resolved  that  the  practice  of  depository  medicines  at  Stores, 
taverns  &  grog  shops  with  directions  to  the  common  people 
for  their  use  is  not  only  pernicious  to  the  health  &  morals 
of  Society  but  derogatory  to  the  character  &  reputation  of 
a  Physician. 

Resolved  that  we  disapprove  the  encouragement  held  out 
to  the  public  through  the  medium  of  pompous  advertise- 
ments, that  the  daily  use  of  Bitters  is  conducive  to  health, 
and  we  consider  the  facility  with  which  "Sloughtons  Elix" 
Spu  (?)  Bitters  &c  may  be  procured  at  country  stores,  one 
of  the  most  direct  means  of  inducing  habits  of  intemperance 
(the  bane  of  Society)  of  any  within  our  knowledge. 
Resolved  that  our  obligations  to  society  and  to  each  other 
require  of  us  a  more  strict  observance  of  our  police  and 
By  laws,  which  if  rigidly  adhered  to  would  in  some  measure 
prevent  the  further  extension  of  the  evils  above  enumerated. 

Thomas  Chadbourn  ] 
Daniel  Oliver  l 

Thom^  P.  Hill         J 

Voted  to  accept  the  report  of  Doctor  Oliver 
Voted  that  it  be  the  duty  of  the  members  of  this  Society  to 
make  a  record  of  all  interesting  and  important  cases  which 
occur  in  their  practice  and  to  lodge  a  copy  of  them  with 
the  Secretary  of  the  Society  and  that  it  be  also  recom- 
mended to  the  members  of  the  Society  to  preserve  a  history 
of  all  epidemics  which  occur  under  their  observation,  sub- 
ject to  the  disposal  of  the  Society  the  the  purpose  hereafter 
to  be  mentioned. 


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That  copies  of  all  communications  which  are  made  to  the 
Society  at  its  annual  Meetings,,  and  discourses  read  before 
it  relating  to  epidemics,  and  eases  in  medical  and  Surgical 
practice  be  deposited  with  the  Secretary'  of  the  Society. 
That  it  be  recommended  to  the  several  District  Societies  to 
use  similar  means  to  obtain  written  communications  from 
their  associates  and  to  transmit  them  annually  to  the  Secre- 
tary of  the  General  Society. 

That  a  committee  of  Publication  be  appointed  annually  by 
the  Society  whose  duty  it  shall  be  to  make  an  accurate 
examination  of  the  communications  deposited  with  the 
Secretary  and  to  make  a  selection  of  such  as  they  consider 
most  important  to  be  published  at  the  expense  of  the 
Society.  \ 

That  as  soon  as  the  Publishing  Committee  have  obtained 
sufficient  materials,  they  be  authorized  to  cause  to  be  pub- 
lished in  the  name  of  the  Society  and  on  the  best  terms  they 
can  obtain,  as  many  copies  of  them  as  they  may  deem 
proper,  to  be  sold  or  otherwise  disposed  of,  for  the  benefit 
of  the  Society. 

That  if  necessary  an  annual  assessment  be  made  on  the 
members  of  the  Society  to  defray  the  expenses  of  publica- 
tion. 

Voted  that  the  Secretary  be  directed  to  procure  300  copies 
of  Doct  Olivers  report  to  be  printed  and  sent  to  the  Fel- 
lows and  Associates  at  his  discretion. 

Voted  to  grant  a  Charter  for  a  District  Medical  Society  to 
be  called  the  Rockingham  District  Medical  Society. 
Voted  that  the  Charter  be  granted  to  all  the  Fellows  in 
Rockingham  District  IMedical  Society  and  that  Doct  Israel 
Gale  be  authorized  to  call  the  first  meeting. 
Voted  that  it  be  the  duty  of  the  President  of  the  Society 
to  deliver  a  dissertation  or  an  essay  annually  at  12  Oclock 
before  the  Society. 

Voted  that  each  District  shall  be  entitled  to  the  examining 
fees  for  the  increase  of  the  distric  Library  or  as  they  may 
otherwise  dispose 


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Voted  that  each  District  shall  be  entitled  to  the  money  that 
have  on  hand  for  their  disposal 

Voted  to  hear  the  report  of  the  Delegates  sent  to  Hanover. 
Voted  to  accept  the  report  of  the  Committee  on  the  Treas- 
urers Account.    June  2"^  1824 

The  Auditors  of  the  Treasurers  Account  for  the  past  year 
report  that  the  balance  in  the  hands  of  the  Treasurer  on  the 
last  settlement  was  thirty  eight  dollars  &  one  cent,  that 
there  has  been  paid  into  the  treasury  since  that  time  eighty 
nine  dollars  &  tifty  eight  cents  that  there  has  been  paid  out 
of  the  Treasury  one  hundred  &  nineteen  dollars  &  fifty  five 
cents,  leaving  a  balance  in  the  hands  of  the  Treasurer  eight 
dollars  &  four  cents  We  likewise  find  due  to  the  Society 
from  individual  members  the  sum  of  two  hundred  &  sixty 
four  dollars  and  twenty  five  cents. 

The  committee  find  the  accounts  correctly  cast  and  properly 
vouched. 

Asa  Crosby 
Thom^  P.  Hill 
Isaac  Colby 

Voted  that  Doctor  Chatmans  taxes  be  remitted 
Voted  that  Doctor  Hasting  taxes  be  remitted 
Voted  that  Doctors  Muzz,  Oliver  and  Chadbourn  be  a  Pub- 
lishing Committee 

Voted  that  Doctors  Chadbourn  Morrill  &  P  Bartlett  be  a 
Committee  to  appoint  the  place  for  the  next  meeting  of  this 
Society 

Voted  to  adjourn  'till  2  Oclock  P  M 
Met  according  to  adjournment 

Voted  that  the  Treasurer  notify  all  delinquent  members 
that  are  in  arrears  for  their  Taxes  for  more  than  three  years, 
that  if  they  are  not  paid  on  or  before  the  next  annual 
meeting  a  prosecution  will  be  commenced  against  them. 
Voted  if  there  has  been  any  resolve  passed  by  this  Society, 
to  expell  any  member  for  delinquency  in  paying  their 
Taxes,  it  is  now  revoked. 

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Voted  that  Doctors  John  Wallace  E  Lerned  &  R  Russell  be 
a  Committee  to  petition  the  Legislature  for  an  act  to  regu- 
late the  practice  of  Medicine  in  this  State. 
Voted  that  the  thanks  of  this  Society  be  presented  to  D"" 
Samuel  Morrill  for  his  faithful  &  impartial  discharge  of  the 
laborious  duties  of  Secretary  of  this  Society  during  the 
past  ten  years. 

Peter  Bartlett,  Secretary 

State  of  New  Hampshire 
The  Council  of  the  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society.     To 
Israel  Gale  &  Joseph  Dalton  Fellows  of  s*^  Society 

Greeting 
Your  application  made  in  due  form  requesting  that  a  Dis- 
trict Medical  Society  might  be  instituted  to  consist  of  the 
Fellows  and  Associates  residing  in  the  Towns  of  the  County 
of  Rockingham  was  duly  considered  and  approved  by  the 
Society  on  the  second  day  of  June  Anno  Domini  1824 
Be  it  therefore  known  that  a  District  Society  by  the  name 
of  the  Rockingham  District  Society  is  hereby  established 
to  consist  of  the  Fellows  of  the  New  Hampshire  Medical 
Society  and  the  Associates  now  resident  in  the  towns  above 
mentioned  and  of  such  others  as  they  may  hereafter  elect, 
and  Israel  Gale  is  hereby  authorized  to  call  the  first  meet- 
ing of  the  same  for  the  purpose  of  electing  officers  and 
transacting  any  other  business  necessary  for  organizing 
said  Society 

In  testimony  whereof  we  have  hereunto  subscribed  our 
names  this  second  day  of  June  Anno  Domini  1824 

Daniel  Oliver         ^ 
Peter  Tuttle  [.Council 

Ebenezer  Lerned    I 

By  virtue  of  the  power  in  me  vested,  I  have  caused  the  Seal 
of  the  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society  to  be  hereunto 
affixed 

R.  D.  Muzzy  Pres 
Peter  Bartlett  Sect 


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Voted  to  adjourn  to  meet  in  Concord  1825 

Peter  Bartlett  Secretary 

State  of  New  Hampshire 

We  the  Censors  of  the  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society 
duly  appointed  and  authorized  have  examined  Joseph  B. 
Eastman  of  Salisbury  in  the  county  of  Merrimac  a  candi- 
date for  the  practice  of  Physic  &  Surgery,  and  having  found 
him  duly  qualified,  do  approbate  and  license  him  a  practi- 
tioner in  Medicine  and  Surgery  agreeable  to  Law  in  that 
case  made  and  provided 
Dated  at  Concord  this  fifth  day  of  January  A  D  1825 

Thomas  Chadbourn  )    „ 

,    •  1    /-I      1  r  Censors 

Josiah  Crosby  \ 

Attest 

Peter  Bartlett  Secretary 

State  of  New  Hampshire 

At  a  stated  meeting  of  the  Council  of  New  Hampshire 
Medical  Society  holden  at  Concord  May  25"^  1825  Present 
Doctors  E  Lerned,  Job  Wilson,  Luke  How,  Peter  Tuttle. 
The  President  being  absent  Doct.  E.  Lerned  took  the  Chair 
Voted  that  Doctors  E.  Lerned  &  James  A  Greg  read  disser- 
tations at  the  next  annual  meeting 

Peter  Bartlett  Secretary, 

New  Hampshire  Medical  Society 

Concord  May  31^*  1825     The  day  of  the  annual  meeting 
having  arrived,  the  following  Fellows  were  present   (viz). 
(Viz)  Doctors  Muzzy,  Oliver  Tuttle,  How,  Kittredge,  Long, 
Crosb}^  sr,   Crosby  Jr,   Colby,   Chadbourn,  Hill,  Proctor, 
Morrill,    ]\IcCrillis,    Prescott,    ]\Iow,    Elkins,    Wilson,    Har- 
per, Carr,  Hoit,  Ramsey,  Studley 
Meeting  opened  by  the  President 
The  transactions  of  the  last  meeting  were  read. 
Voted  to  hear  the  report  of  the  Committee  that  were  chosen 


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to  petition  the  Legislature  for  an  act  to  regulate  the  prac- 
tice of  Physic  &  Surgery  in  this  State 
Voted  to  accept  the  report 

Voted  to  hear  the  report  of  the  Library  Committee 
Voted  to  accept  the  report 

The  Committee  appointed  to  make  a  distribution  of  the 
Books  to  the  several  District  Societies  have  attended  that 
duty.  On  the  first  "Wednesday  of  January  the  day  desig- 
nated By  the  Society  as  the  time  for  the  Committee  to 
meet.  Three  Societies  only  were  represented  Viz  The 
Southern,  Eastern,  &  Centre.  Notwithstanding  those  pres- 
ent were  authorized  to  appoint  for  those  Librarians  not 
present,  yet  as  they  were  bound  to  assign  to  each  Society  a 
number  of  Books  proportionate  to  the  numbers  of  associates 
comprising  each  District,  as  the  delinquent  Societies  had 
furnished  them  with  no  means  by  which  they  could  ascer- 
tain the  number,  nothing , could  be  done. 
They  therefore  adjourned  to  the  first  Tuesday  in  March  & 
letters  were  sent  to  each  District  urging  the  necessity  of,  at 
least  so  far  complying,  with  the  resolve  of  the  State  Society 
as  to  furnish  the  numbers  of  their  members  if  they  did  not 
consider  the  object  of  sufficient  importance  to  send  an 
agent. 

March  1^'  meet  according  to  adjournment  agents  were 
present  from  Grafton,  Strafford,  Western  &  Centre  Dis- 
tricts 

Voted  that  Doct  Chandler  be  agent  for  the  Eastern  &  Mr 
Farmer  for  the  Southern  Districts 

The  Eastern  &  Southern  Districts  did  not  make  known  the 
number  of  their  members.  From  information  of  a  Physi- 
cian who  formerly  resided  in  the  Eastern  District  we  ascer- 
tained there  were  about  twenty  Practitioners  residing  out 
of  the  limits  of  Portsmouth  who  might  join  the  Society  in 
that  district  if  they  chose.  There  were  different  opinions 
with  the  committee  relative  to  the  course  to  be  adopted  in 
regard  to  the  distribution.  Some  were  of  the  opinion  that 
the  Books  missing  from  the  Library  in  1814  and  1817  which 


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now  probably  are  in  the  possession  of  individuals  in  that 
district  (having  never  been  accounted  for)  a  catalogue  was 
furnished  the  Committee,  should  be  considered  a  part  of 
their  proportion,  others  supposed  as  there  were  so  few 
associates  in  this  District  that  were  willing  to  be  considered 
as  members,  that  they  did  not  deem  the  proposal  of  the 
State  Society  an  object  worthy  of  attention  &  had  therefore 
waived  any  right  they  might  have  to  the  Library.  The 
majority  of  the  Committee  however  were  inclined  to  do  bet- 
ter by  them  in  this  instance  than  they  had  done  by  them- 
selves. Without  regard  to  their  actual  numbers  they  as- 
signed them  a  proportion,  but  one  third  less  than  the  other 
Societies  except  the  Centre,  after  ascertaining  from  the 
best  means  in  their  power  the  number  of  Associates  within 
the  limits  of  each  Society.  The  next  object  was  to  apprize 
the  library  or  rather  to  set  a  nominal  value  on  each  Book. 
The  committee  proceeded  to  divide  the  Library  into  six 
parts  selecting  a  certain  in  succession  for  each  Society  in 
proportion  to  its  number  of  members.  Your  committee 
believe  there  were  less  objections  to  this  method  than  to  any 
/other  they  could  adopt.  Each  Society  has  given  a  receipt 
for  the  Books  delivered  to  them  which  will  be  deposited  with 
the  Secretary.  In  the  discharge  of  the  duty  assigned  to 
them,  the  Committee  believe  they  have  done  justice  to  all. 
That  some  societies  might  have  chosen  other  books  than 
those  allotted  to  them  if  they  had  been  present  is  very 
probable.  The  only  reply  the  Committee  would  make  is 
that  they  should  have  been  present.  That  it  is  with  So- 
cieties as  with  individuals,  if  they  will  not  attend  to  their 
own  affairs  but  will  leave  their  business  to  be  transacted  by 
others,  their  interest  will  sometimes  suffer 

Thomas  Chadbourn)     For  the 
Com 

Voted  to  confirm  the   proceedings  of   Council   respecting 

Doct  Samuel  Huston  of  Bedford 

Voted  to  confirm  the  appointment  of  Doctors  E.  Lernard 


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and  James  A.  Greg  to  read  Dissertations  at  the  next  an- 
nual meeting 
The  following  were  voted  for  and  elected  Fellows  of  this 

Society.    Asa  Heald  of  Dublin, Pond  of  Fitzwilliam, 

Tilton   of   Canaan,   Samuel  Richardson  of  Peter- 
borough,    Sandborn  of  New"  Chester,  John  Clark  of 

Sutton,  Isaac  Tewksbury  of  Hampstead,  George  W.  Gale 

of  New  Market,  Isaiah  Lane  of  Candia,  J.  W.  Pearsons 

of  Rye,  Prescot  Lawrence  of  Epping,  Dearborn  of 

Seabrook,  Bailey   of   East  Kingston,    Charles   A. 

Cheaver  of  Portsmouth. 

Voted  to  adjourn  to  half  past  two  OClock  P.  M. 

Met  Agreeably  to  adjournment. 

Proceeded  to  the  choice  of  Officers 

Chose  R.  D.  Muzzy   President 

Asa  Crosby  V  President 

Peter  Bartlett   Secretary 

Josiah  Crosby    Treasurer 

Thomas  Chadbourn   Librarian 

Thomas  P.  Hill      |  ^'l^^'''' 

Luke  How  {   ^^ 

J    Hanover 

Samuel  Morrill,  William  Prescot,  John  "Wallace, 
Peter  Tuttle,  Luke  How,  John  McGregor}',  Samuel  Pray, 
Caleb  Morse,  Isaac  Tewksbury-,  John  Thurston,  Daniel 
Oliver,  Thomas  Whipple  )  Counsellors. 
Thomas  Chadbourn,  John  Rogers,  Daniel  Adams,  M.  Y.,  J. 
Ramsey,  Trumen  Abel,  E.  Morse,  Jabez  Dow,  Samuel  Pray, 
Perry,  Dalton,  D.  Oliver,  James  F.  Dana  ) 

Censors. 

Voted  that  the  request  of  Doct  Moses  Kidder  for  a  dismis- 
sion from  this  society  be  granted. 

Patients  admitted.     Moses  Rowel,  Necrosis.     Girl  with  a 
Tumor  on  the  face.     Young  Lady  a  Tumor  of  the  Lip. 
Voted  that  T.  Chadbourn,  J.  Wilson  &  Prescot  be  a  Com- 
mittee to  recommend  a  mode  of  treatment  for  these  Patients. 


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Voted  that  Asa  Crosby,  Josiah  Crosby  and  T.  P.  Hill  be 
auditors  of  the  Treasurers  account. 

Voted  To  hear  the  dissertation  of  Thorn.  Chadbourn  &  T.  P. 
Hill 

Voted  that  the  President  read  his  Dissertation  at  11  OCloek 
A.  M.  on  the  day  of  the  annual  meeting  &  the  other  Dis- 
sertations immediately  after. 

Voted  that  Doct  Benj^  Kelley  be  dismissed  by  paying  up 
to  this  time. 

Voted  to  accept  of  the  report  of  the  auditors  account. 
May  31^'  1825  the  Auditors  of  the  Treasurers  Accounts  for 
the  year  past  report  that  the  balance  in  the  hands  of  the 
Treasurer  on  the  last  settlement  was  eight  dollars  and  four 
cents,  there  has  been  paid  into  the  Treasury  since  that 
time  fifty  seven  dollars  &  seventy  five  cents.  That  there  has 
been  paid  out  of  the  treasury  sixty  two  dollars  &  seventy 
five  cents,  leaving  a  balance  in  the  hands  of  the  Treasurer 
of  two  dollars  &  twenty  nine  cents.  The  Committee  find 
the  accounts  correctly  cast  &  well  vouched 

Asa  Crosby  ] 

Josiah  Kitridge    ICom. 
Josiah  Crosby      J 

Voted  to  accept  the  report  of  the  Committee  on  the  first  & 
third  Patients.  For  the  patient  with  an  enlargement  of  the 
Lip  Cure  the  Committee  are  of  opinion  that  healthy  integu- 
ments sufficient  may  be  secured  to  warrant  an  attempt  to 
extirpate  the  tumor  if  on  further  &  more  particular  ex- 
amination this  should  be  the  fact,  they  recommend,  without 
hesitation  the  operation  similar  to  that  for  hair  lip.  should 
this  method  be  deemed  inexpedient  they  would  suggest  the 
propriety  of  having  recourse  to  the  double  ligature. 
The  case  of  Mr.  Rowel,  the  committee  are  of  opinion  that 
the  dead  portion  of  bone  should  be  removed,  altho  they 
think  if  left  without  an  operation,  a  cure  may  finally  take 
place,  but  not  without  a  long  &  tedious  suppuration. 
Voted  to  accept  the  report  of  Doct  Oliver. 


200       Records  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society 

Resolved  that  it  is  expedient  to  rescind  the  vote  of  the 
society  passed  at  its  annual  meeting  in  June  A  D  1824 
appointing  a  Committee  of  Publication  with  authority  to 
collect  &  cause  to  be  published  at  the  expense  of  the  Society, 
papers  &  communications  which  might  be  made  to  them  on 
medical  subjects  as  soon  as  sufficient  materials  should  be 
collected  to  form  a  moderate  sized  volume  &  that  the  same 
vote  is  hereby  rescinded. 

Resolved  that  R.  D.  Muzzy  be  authorized  to  make  a  con- 
tract with  a  suitable  person  for  the  establishment  of  a 
Journal  of  Medicine,  in  which  papers  which  may  be  col- 
lected from  members  of  this  Society  shall  be  published  & 
all  recent  medical  improvement  &  discoveries  shall  be 
noticed  in  as  condensed  form  without  any  risque  or  expense 
to  the  Society. 

Resolved  that  the  same  Committee  of  publication  be  reap- 
pointed with  power  to  examine  all  papers  and  communica- 
tions on  Medical  subjects  which  may  be  loged  with  them, 
and  to  select  for  Publication  such  as  they  may  think  most 
worthy  of  the  public  Eye  and  to  transmit  them  to  the 
editor  of  the  contemplated  journal  printed. 
Voted  to  accept  the  report  of  the  committee  for  to  petition 
the  Legislature  for  some  salutary  law  to  prevent  Quackery 
Voted  to  chose  a  Committee  to  petition  the  Legislature  again 
for  some  salutary  law  for  the  suppression  of  Quackery 
Voted  that  Doct  D  Oliver  &  Job  Wilson  be  this  Committee 
Voted  to  adjourn 

Peter  Bartlett    Secretary 

State  of  New  Hampshire        Be  it 
remembered  that  at  a  meeting  of  the  New  Hampshire  Medi- 
cal Society  holden  at  Concord  this 

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State  of  New  Hampshire 

We  the  Censors  of  the  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society, 
duly  appointed  and  authorized  have  examined  George  W 


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Gale  a  Candidate  for  the  Practice  of  Physick  &  Surgery 
and  having  found  him  qualified  do  approve  and  license  him 
a  Practitioner  in  Medicine  and  Surgery,  agreeably  to  law 
in  that  case  made  &  provided. 
Dated  at  Concord  the  29">  day  of  May  1825 

Josiah  Crosby         )      p 
Thorn.  Chadbourn  t 

By  the  virtue  of  the  power  in  me  vested  I  have  hereunto 
caused  the  Seal  of  the  New  Hampshire  Society  to  be 
affixed. 

E.  D.  Mussey  President 
Attest 
Peter  Bartlett   Sect. 

State  of  New  Hampshire 

At  a  stated  meeting  of  the  Council  of  the  New  Hampshire 
Medical  Society  holden  at  Concord  June  5^^  1826  present 
R.  D.  Mussey  Peter  Tuttle  John  McGregory  Isaac  Tewks- 
bury  William  Prescot  &  Samuel  Morrill. 
Meeting  was  opened  by  R  D  Mussey 

Voted  that  there  is  no  charge  before  the  Council  against  D"" 
Samuel  Huston  of  Hookset 

Voted  that  a  Committee  of  three  be  chosen  to  report  on  the 
Circular  received  from  the  Vermont  Medical  Society 
Voted  that  D""^  Tuttle  How  &  Wallace  be  this  Committee 
Voted  that  the  President  &  Secretary  be  added  to  this  com- 
mittee 

Doct  I  Tewksbury  proposes  Thomas  Basset  of  Kingston 
Josiah  Bartlett  Jr  of  Stratham  &  David  W  Goram  of 
Exeter  for  Fellowship 

Doct  Mussey  proposes  Dr  Stephen  Cole  of  Cornish 
Doct  S  Morrill  proposes  D'"  Tilton  Elkins  of  Andover 
Doct  Oliver  proposes  D""  Caleb  Plastrige  of  Lebanon 
Doct  Prescot  proposes  D''  Hubert  of  Lebanon 
Doct  Tewksbury  proposes  D""  James  W.  Perkins  of  Wind- 
ham 


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Doctors  Luke  How  &  William  Prescot  are  nominated  for 

Orators  for  1827 

"Voted  to  adjourn  to  9  Oclock  tomorrow  morning 

Met  agreeabh'  to  adjournment 

Voted  to  accept  the  report  of  the  Committee  on  the  Circular 

from  Vermont  Medical  Society 

Circular 

The  Council  of  the  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society,  having 
taken  into  consideration  the  Circular  from  the  Medical 
Society  of  Vermont,  respecting  the  "scanty  acquirements 
of  literary  and  professional  acquisitions  for  licenses,  and 
also  for  degrees  at  the  Medical  Institutions  &c" 
Resolved,  That  the  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society  highly 
approve  of  the  general  features  of  the  several  articles  con- 
tained in  said  Circular,  and  think  that  reflects  high  &  last- 
ing honor  on  the  Society  from  which  they  originated;  and 
therefore  resolved  that  the  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society 
will  cooperate  with  the  ^Medical  Society  of  the  State  of 
Vermont  in  carr^'ing  into  effect  the  several  articles  therein 
contained  with  the  following  proposed  amendments 
That  the  first  section  and  second  line  be  amended  by  sub- 
stituting 1829  for  1827  in  order  to  give  sufficient  time  for 
the  several  Medical  Institutions  and  Societies  to  take  into 
consideration  and  act  on  the  several  important  subjects 
therein  contained.  That  the  third  section  &  first  line  be 
amended  by  substituting  two  courses  of  publick  Medical 
Lectures  for  one. 

Resolved.    That  the  Secretary  be  directed  to  address  Circu- 
lars, containing  the  proposed  amendments  of  the  Circular 
from  the  Medical  Society  of  the  State  of  Vermont.  New 
York,  Connecticut,  Massachusetts,  Rhode  Island,  Maine,  and 
the  Medical  Institution  at  Hanover  N.  H. 
Doct  W  Prescot  proposes  for  Fellowship  D""  Dixy  Crosby 
of  Gilmanton,  D""  Lemuel  M  Barker  of  Chester, 
Cilly  of  Ware,  D""  Ezra  Carter  of  Loudon. 
Voted  that  the  Council  recommend  to  the  Societv  to  chose 


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a  committee  to  revise  the  By  Laws,  particularly  Sect  seventh 
Chapt  fourth  &.  report  this  or  next  meeting- 
Voted  to  adjourn 

Peter  Bartlett  Secretary' 

New  Hampshire  Medical  Society 

Concord  June  6"  1826.     The  time  for  the  meeting  having 
arrived.    The  following  Fellows  were  present  Harvey  Stud- 
ley    T  Tewksbury,  P  Tuttle    J  Harper   Thom^  Chadbourn, 
Carr,   Hugh  J.   Crosby,   A   Crosby,  Hoit, 

McGregory,   E    Lerned,   Prescot,   D   Oliver,   J   Wilson,    S 
Smith,  S  Merrill,  S  Morrill,  Wallace,  R.  D.  Mussey,  Sanborn 
The  meeting  was  opened  by  the  President 
The  proceedings  of  the  last  meeting  were  read 
Voted  to  confirm  the  proceedings  of  the  Council  respecting 
Doct  Huston  of  Hooksett. 

Voted  to  confirm  the  proceedings  of  the  Council  respecting 
the  Circular  from  Vermont  Medical  Society 
The  following  Gentlemen  were  voted  for  &  elected  Fellows, 
Thomas  Basset  of  Kingston,  Josiah  Bartlett  Jr  of  Stratham, 
Tilton  Elkins  of  Andover  James  W  Perkins  of  Wind- 
ham, Cilley  of  Ware,  Ezra  Carter  of  Loudon,  Elijah  Colby 
of  Concord,  Thomas  Peach  Boscawen  Lemuel  M  Barker  of 
Chester 

A  dissertation  was  read  by  the  President 
A  dissertation  was  read  by  Doct  Greg 
Voted  to  adjourn  to  half  past  2  Oclock  P.M. 
Met  agreeably  to  adjournment 

Voted  to  chose  a  Committee  to  examine  the  patients  who 
may  come  before  the  Society. 

Voted  that  Doctors  Crosby  P  Tuttle  &  E.  Lernard  be  this 
Committee 

Voted  to  chose  officers 
Chose  R  D  Mussey  President 
Chose  Asa  Crosby  V  President 

Peter  Bartlett  Secretary 

Josiah  Crosby    Treasurer 


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Josiali  Crosby     )   Delegates  to 
Peter  Tuttle        \   D  College 

Chose  Doctors  Harper,  S  Merrill  and  N.  Sanborn  a  Com- 
mittee to  audit  the  Treasurers  account. 
Voted  to  hear  the  report  of  the  delegates  to  D  College 
The  delegates  appointed  by  this  Society  at  their  last  meet- 
ing to  attend  the  Medical  examinations  at  D  College  beg 
leave  to  report.  That  they  had  the  pleasure  of  being  present 
during  the  examinations  which  commenced  on  Monday  even- 
ing of  the  ll*"^  of  December  and  closed  on  Thursday  evening 
following. 

The  whole  number  of  Students  who  attended  the  course  of 
Lectures  were  103.  The  number  examined  were  28.  Medi- 
cal degrees  were  conferred  upon  eight  of  this  number.  The 
examinations  with  very  few  exceptions  were  highl}^  satis- 
factory. It  was  thought  more  attention  had  been  paid  to 
preparatory  Studies  in  this  Class  than  in  many  Classes 
which  had  gone  before  them.  A  large  proportion  of  them 
appeared  to  be  gentlemen  of  education  &  refinement  &  bid 
fair  to  do  honor  to  the  Institution  and  the  profession  at 
large 

Your  Delegates  were  happy  to  notice  the  improvements 
which  have  been  made  in  the  several  departments  within 
a  few  j^ears.  Great  &  important  additions  have  been  made 
to  the  anatomical  meseum.  Ten  years  ago  there  was  not  a 
single  preparation  of  the  nerves  in  the  Museum.  There  is 
now  a  number  exclusively  for  that  purpose  on  which  the 
nerves  are  beautifully  displayed  and  the  Professor  of  Anat- 
omy has  extended  his  ingenious  improvement  of  painting 
the  origin  and  insertion  of  the  muscles  with  different  col- 
ours to  the  different  nerves  Models  of  the  Eye  &  internal 
ear  have  been  obtained  which  greatly  facilitate  the  study  of 
those  intricate  parts. 

The  furniture  in  the  Chemical  Laboratory  is  much  in- 
creased, and  it  was  understood  still  further  additions  would 
be  made  the  ensuing  season.    Your  delegates  think  proper 


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to  mention  that  an  agreement  has  lately  been  made  by  the 
board  of  Trustees  authorizing  the  President  &  Medical  pro- 
fessors to  confer  Medical  degrees  at  the  close  of  the  Lectures 
This  is  a  great  convenience  to  the  Medical  Student.  They 
can  now,  provided  they  have  complyed  with  the  requisitions 
of  the  medical  police,  receive  their  degrees  at  the  close  of 
the  lectures,  and  save  the  trouble  &  expense  of  attending 
commencement. 

Thomas  P.   Hill 
Luke  How 

Voted  to  accept  the  report  of  the  Delegates 
Voted  to  chose  a  committee  to  revise  the  By  laws 
Chose  Doctors  Oliver,  How,  and  Tuttle  for  this  committee 
Chose  Thomas  Chadbourn,  Enos  Hoit,  Daniel  Adams  of  M 
Vernon,  John  Ramsey,  Joseph  Dalton,  Isaac  Tewksbury, 
J.  F.  Dana,  D.  Oliver,  Ebenezer  Morse,  Jabez  Dow  &  James 
Farrington,  Censors.     Samuel  Morrill,  Job  Wilson    Peter 
Tuttle,  Aaron  P.  Grovenser,  Isaac  Tewksbury,  Israel  Gale, 
W™  Burns,  D.  Oliver,  Luke  How,  J.  B.  McGregory,  Thomas 
Lindsley,  &  Joseph  Boyden    Councillors 
Voted  to  accept  the  report  of  the  committee  on  the  Treas- 
urers account 

The  auditors  of  the  Treasurers  account  for  the  year  past 
report  that  the  balance  in  the  hands  of  the  late  Treasurer 
D""  Moses  Long  was  two  dollars  &  twenty  nine  cents  which 
sum  was  paid  to  the  present  Treasurer,  which  with  eighty 
dollars  received  the  last  year  from  members  make  the  whole 
sum  paid  into  the  Treasury  eighty  two  dollars  &  twenty 
nine  cents.  That  there  has  been  paid  out  fifty  one  dollars 
forty  one  cents,  leaving  a  balance  in  the  hands  of  the  Treas- 
urer of  thirty  dollars  &  seventy  eight  cents.  The  committee 
find  the  accounts  correctly  cast  &  properly  vouched. 

S  M  Harper 
Silas  Merrill 
Nathan  Sanborn 


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Voted  that  the  Treasurer  be  authorized  to  collect  all  Taxes 
that  are  collectable 

Voted  that  the'  account  against  the  estate  of  Doct  W™  Tenny 
of  Loudon  be  presented  to  the  administrator  for  payment 
Voted  that  the  collection  of  Doct  Shannons  Taxes  be  de- 
ferred for  2  or  3  years 

Voted  that  the  circulars  to  be  sent  to  the  different  States 
&  Medical  Schools  be  printed 

Chose  Doctors  T.  Chadbourn,  Moses  Colby,  George  Farrar, 
Matthias  Spaulding,  James  A  Greg,  R.  D.  Mussey  be  a 
Committee  of  correspondence 

Voted  to  chose  a  committee  to  prepare  a  Circular  to  be 
sent  to  each  Fellow  also  to  be  handed  to  each  representative 
to  the  Legislature  setting  forth  the  necessity  for  some 
statutory  law  for  the  suppression  of  Quackery. 
Chose  Doctors  How,  Wilber  &  Oliver  for  the  Committee 
Voted  that  this  committee  get  printed  400  copies  of  the 
circular  at  the  expense  of  the  Society    Voted  to  adjourn 

Peter  Bartlett    Secretary 

State  of  New  Hampshire 

"We  the  Censors  of  the  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society 

duly  appointed  and  authorized,  have  examined  M""  Sam^  "W" 

Dow  of  Dover  in  the  County  of  Strafford  a  Candidate  for 

the  practice  of  Physick  and  Surgerj^  and  having  found  him 

duly  qualified,  do  approve  and  license  him  a  practitioner  in 

Medicine  and  Surgery  agreeably  to  law  in  that  case  made 

and  provided 

Dated  at  Dover  this  19'»>  day  of  Jan  1827 

James  Farrington  1  ... 

T  -u      T-w  r  Censors 

Jabez  Dow  \ 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Council  at  Concord  June  4"^  1827. 
Councellors  Present  Doctors  Mussey  Tukesbury,  McGreg- 
ory,  Oliver,  Tuttle,  &  S.  Morril. 

The  following  communication  from  Drs.  Chadbourne  and 
Jos.  Crosby  was  read  by  the  President :  viz. 


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To  the  President  and  Council  of  the  New- Hampshire  Medi- 
cal Society 
Gentlemen, 

It  is  with  feelings  of  extreme  regret  that  we  come  forward 
at  this  time  to  dissolve  our  connection  with  the  New  Hamp- 
shire Medical  Society.  Availing  ourselves  of  the  provision 
in  the  fifth  sect,  of  the  first  Chapt.  of  our  Constitution,  we 
tender  to  you,  &  through  you  to  the  society  our  resignation 
of  membership. 

That  this  is  not  a  hasty  &  unpremeditated  step :  that  reasons 
for  it  weighty  &  abundant  exist;  that  we  are  compelled  to 
adopt  this  measure  by  circumstances  not  of  our  own  creat- 
ing &  entirely  beyond  our  control,  we  presume  cannot  be 
questioned. 

At  no  period  since  we  have  been  honored  with  seats  in  the 
Society,  are  we  sensible  of  declining  the  performance  of 
any  duties  devolving  upon  us  by  this  connection,  or  of 
dishonouring  the  Society  by  a  non  compliance  with  any 
by-laws  or  regulation  imposed  upon  us  as  members ;  on  the 
contrary  we  have  ever  considered  ourselves  under  an  impe- 
rious duty,  a  most  solemn  moral  obligation,  equally  binding 
upon  every  Fellow,  to  comply  with  the  requisitions  of  the 
Society  in  their  most  rigid  construction.  Could  we  say  the 
same  of  others,  of  those  who  consider  themselves,  and  are 
justly  esteemed  our  superiors  &  are  in  reality  in  almost 
every  respect  our  seniors,  we  should  not  now  be  reduced  to 
the  painful  necessity  of  abandoning  a  Society  whose  honour 
&  prosperity  we  have  ever  had  &  have  now  very  near  at 
heart. 

The  great  object  of  the  founders  of  the  N.  H.  Medical  So- 
ciety was  probably  the  suppression  of  Quackery.  With  this 
object  in  view,  wise  regulations  and  salutary  ordinances 
have  from  time  to  time  been  adopted,  which  if  faithfully 
adhered  to  would  have  most  effectually  prevented  the  intru- 
sion of  unworthy  members  into  the  Profession  &  have  op- 
posed an  insurmountable  barrier  to  the  success  of  ignorant 
pretenders  without.    But  what  has  been  the  course  pursued 


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by  the  Society?  Have  not  those,  who  by  their  vicinity  to 
irregular  &  unlicensed  practitioners,  have  had  a  peculiar 
claim  on  their  brethren  for  a  faithful  adherence  to  our  regu- 
lations, been  generally  disappointed  in  receiving  the  sup- 
port which  such  an  adherence  would  have  afforded  them? 
On  the  contrary,  has  not  Quackery  &  Empiricism  in  every 
shape  received  all  the  encouragement  from  the  members 
of  the  Society  that  free  consultations  &  friendly  intercourse 
would  give  to  them  ?  All  in  open  violation  of  existing  laws 
&  voluntary  engagements.  Located  as  we  are  in  the  centre 
of  the  State,  at  the  fountain  head  of  Quackery,  w^e  feel  pre- 
pared to  answer  the  above  questions  in  the  affirmative;  for 
the  treatment  we  have  received,  we  are  compelled  to  say, 
from  our  brethren,  furnish  us  with  facts  to  support  us  in 
the  allegation. 

Until  within  a  short  period  there  has  resided  in  the  town 
of  Concord  two  unlicensed  practitioners,  one  in  Hopkinton, 
one  in  Dunbarton,  one  in  Chichester,  one  in  Deerfield,  & 
two  in  Pembroke.  With  none  of  these  could  a  member  of 
the  Society  lawfully  consult,  &  without  occasional  consulta- 
tions with  the  regular  members  of  the  Profession  it  is 
morally  certain  they  could  not  long  retain  the  confidence  of 
the  people.  But  what  are  the  facts  ?  While  ive  have  rigidly 
complied  with  the  regulations  of  the  Society  in  regard  to 
consultations,  we  believe  there  has  never  been  a  time  when 
they  needed  the  support  of  a  consultation  but  they  have 
found  that  support,  &  not  unfrequently  in  the  person  of  an 
Ex  President,  Councillor,  or  other  honourable  members 
exercising  all  the  influence  that  University  Diplomas  would 
confer  upon  them;  or  they  have  had  it  from  that  distin- 
guished class  of  Practitioners,  of  whom  (keeping  themselves 
aloof  from  our  meetings)  they  would  have  us  suppose  the 
society  was  not  worthy. 

Although  having  long  since  despaired  of  seeing  our  regula- 
tions complied  with  &  fully  convinced  that  the  Society  as  it 
now  exists  is  much  worse  than  no  Society  at  all,  still  we 
were  unwilling  to  withdraw  so  long  as  a  disposition  could 


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be  discovered  favoring  a  union  of  effort  to  save  it.    A  medi- 
cal association  was  formed  with  the  express  purpose  of  aid- 
ing the  Society  in  effecting  a  medical  reform,  &  what  has 
been  the  result?    Let  the  three  members  who  composed  the 
last  meeting  of  that  association  answer.     If  we  are  asked 
what  advantage  we  promise  ourselves  by  withdrawing  from 
the  Society?  we  say  "much  every  way."    We  shall  enjoy 
that  liberty  without  breaking  our  obligations  that  others 
are  enjoying  by  breaking  theirs.    They  are  consulting  with 
those  with  whom  they  have  pledged  themselves  not  to  con- 
sult. We  will  now  consult  with  whom  we  please,  being  under 
no  pledge.     We  repeat  it,  for  we  wish  it  to  be  distinctly 
understood,  that  it  is  with  the  most  reluctant  feelings  we 
retire  from  the  Society,  we  are  urged  to  it  by  an  imperious 
sense  of  duty,  we  believe  there  is  no  alternative  left,    not 
only  our  interest,  but  we  might  almost  say  our  existence  as 
Practitioners  require  it.     We  have  continued  faithful  to 
the  Society  long  after  the  Society  has  ceased  to  be  faithful 
to  us.     We  do  not  include  every  member  in  this  charge, 
there  are  many  honourable  exceptions.    But  it  is  useless  for 
a,  part  to  continue  their  endeavors  to  accomplish  what  the 
united  efforts  of  the  whole  only  can  effect.     It  is  this  want 
of  union;  this  unfaithfulness  to  each  other  &  to  the  laws 
of  our  own  making  that  has  created  &  will  perpetuate  the 
violent  prejudice  that  so  extensively  exists  among  the  people 
against  the  Society.    Altho  in  future  we  cannot  be  greeted 
as  members  of  the  Medical  Society,  we  hope  by  our  conduct 
not  to  disgrace  the  Medical  Profession.     It  will  be  our 
endeavour,  as  it  ever  has  been,  by  our  honourable  &  upright 
course,  to  merit  your  friendship  &  esteem,  &  encourage  an 
interchange  of  kind  offices  with  all  those  who  strive  to 
uphold  the  usefulness  &  respectability  of  the  profession,  for 
even  if  the  Society  treat  us  as  expelled  members,  &  publish 
us  as  such,  we  shall  not  join  ourselves  to  its  enemies. 
Wishing  the  members  all  that  honour  &  respectability,  both 
in  their  corporate  &  private  capacity  that  a  faithful  adhe- 


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rence  to  their  regulations  &  integrity  of  character  alone  can 
confer,  with  due  respect  we  take  our  leave. 

(Signed)      Tho.  Chadbourne 
Josiah  Crosby 
Concord  Oct.  9'^  1826 

Voted  that  the  communication  of  Drs.  Chadbourne  &  Crosby 
be  referred  to  a  Committee  of  three  to  report  thereon. 
Chose  Drs.  Tukesbury,  Tuttle  &  Oliver  for  the  Committee 
Appointed  Drs.  Peter  Tuttle  &  McGregory  Orators  for  1828 
Voted  to  adjourn  till  8  o  clock  tomorrow  morning 
June  5"^.  Met  according  to  adjournment 
The  committee  to  whom  was  referred  the  communication  of 
Drs.  Chadbourne  &  Crosby,  made  following  report,  viz. : 
The  Committee  of  the  Council  to  whom  was  referred  the 
communication  from  Drs.  Chadbourne  &  Crosby,  containing 
a  tender  of  their  resignation  as  members  of  the  N  Hamp- 
shire Medical  Society,  respectfully  report, 
That  in  their  opinion  said  communication  contains  many 
serious  but  unsupported  charges  against  the  Medical  So- 
ciety that  it  implicates  in  general  terms,  the  conduct  of 
many  individuals,  members  of  the  society,  without  specify- 
ing any  particular  acts  of  misconduct  or  breach  of  the  reg- 
ulations of  the  Society  of  which  these  individuals  have  been 
guilty ;  that  while  it  complains  in  stronger  language  of  the 
conduct  of  those  members  in  consulting  with  unlicensed 
practitioners,  it  expresses  the  determination  of  Drs.  Chad- 
bourne &  Crosby  hereafter  to  do  the  same  thing  without 
restraint;  that  while  in  said  communication,  they  profess 
the  greatest  respect  and  attachment  to  the  Medical  Society, 
they  are  taking  the  most  effectual  means  to  injure  &  destroy 
it,  &  even  openly  declare  in  the  very  same  breath,  that  they 
consider  it  worse  than  no  society  at  all;  that  they  declare 
that  even  if  the  Society  shall  consider  them  as  expelled 
members  &  publish  them  as  such,  they  will  not  join  them- 
selves to  its  enemies,  while  by  the  very  act  &  circum- 
stances of  their  withdrawing  from  the  Society,  they  are 


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most  effectually  aiding  &  promoting  the  views  of  its  enemies. 
It  further  appears  to  the  Committee  that  since  1  Chapt. 
Sect.  5  of  the  bye-laws  provides  that  a  fellow  may  resign 
his  membership  after  giving  satisfactory  reasons  to  the 
Council,  the  resignations  of  Drs.  Chadbourne  &  Crosby 
require  the  assent  of  the  Council  to  make  it  valid;  that  the 
reasons  which  they  have  alleged  are  unsatisfactory;  that 
their  resignation  is  nugatory  &  that  they  are  still  amenable 
to  the  Society  for  their  conduct  as  members  since  their  res- 
ignation w^as  sent  in.  On  a  view  of  the  whole  subject  the 
committee  are  of  opinion  that  the  resignation  of  Drs. 
Chadbourne  &  Crosby  cannot  be  accepted ;  that  they  are 
still  to  be  considered  as  members  of  the  Society;  &  the 
Committee  recommends  that  the  President  be  directed  to 
communicate  to  them  this  opinion;  &  to  make  known  to 
them  that  they  cannot  be  honorably  dismissed  (agreeably 
to  the  bye-laws  which  they  profess  to  have  followed)  with- 
out making  a  regular  application  to  the  council  &  sub- 
stantiating the  charges  which  they  have  made  against  the 
society. 

(Signed)  Daniel  Oliver  for  the 

Committee 

Voted  to  accept  the  report  of  the  Committee  on  the  com- 
munication of  Drs.  Chadbourne  &  Crosby. 
Voted  to  accept  the  report  of  a  committee  on  the  revision 
of  the  bye-laws,  Viz. :  Chap.  1,  Sect.  7.  In  cases  in  which 
the  Council  of  the  General  Society  have  original  jurisdic- 
tion, a  complaint  shall  be  lodged  with  a  councillor  of  the 
district  to  which  the  accused  party  belongs  and  if  the  said 
Councillor  is  convinced  that  the  charge  is  not  a  frivolous 
or  vexatious  one  he  shall  annex  an  order  to  the  complaint, 
directed  to  the  accused  party  requiring  him  to  appear 
before  the  council;  which  the  complainant  shall  serve  on 
the  accused  by  leaving  an  attested  copy  of  the  complaint  & 
order  with  him  at  least  15  days  before  the  meeting  of  the 


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council  &  make  a  return  of  his  doings  thereon  to  the  Secre- 
tary on  or  before  the  meeting  of  the  council. 

No  deposition  shall  be  received  from  either  party  unless, 
in  case  of  the  consent  between  the  two  parties  before  the 
Council,  the  adverse  party  has  been,  served  with  a  regular 
notice  agreeably  to  the  statute  regulating  the  taking  of 
depositions  out  of  court.  Sect.  7  1  Chap.  The  Council  of 
the  general  Society  shall  have  original  jurisdiction  in  al 
cases  of  controversy  between  two  parties  belonging  to  differ- 
ent districts,  &  also  cases  of  complaints  preferred  against  a 
member  which  if  prove  correct  render  him  liable  to  ex- 
pulsion from  the  Society.  And  in  all  cases  &c. 
So  much  of  Chap  1  Sect.  7  &  Chap  4  Sect.  7  as  are  incon- 
sistent with  these  amendments  are  hereby  repealed. 

(Signed)  D.  Oliver  for  the 

Committee 

Voted  to  Choose  a  Committee  to  prepare  a  circular  to  be 
sent  to  every  member  of  the  Society  urging  the  necessity 
of  union  &  cooperation  amongst  them  &  of  a  rigid  observ- 
ance of  the  bye-laws  as  peculiarly  important  to  the  well 
being  of  this  society  &  the  interest  of  the  profession  at  this 
time. 

Chose  Drs.  Mussey,  Oliver  &  Tuttle  for  the  Committee. 
Dr.  Willis  Johnson  of  Mason  proposed  by  Dr.  Grosvener 
for  Fellowship. 

Dr.  Stephen  Cole  of  Cornish  by  Drs.  Mussey  &  McCregory. 
Dr.  Augustus  Pierce  of  Dunstable  by  Dr.  Mussey 
Dr.  Reuben  Hatch  by  Dr.  McGregory 
Voted  to  adjourn. 

New-Hampshire  Medical  Society  June  5**"  1827 
Fellows  present  Doctors  Mussey,  Oliver,  Twichel,  Tukes- 
bury,  Lemed,  S.  Morril,  Studley,  Merrill  J.  Colby  E. 
Colby  Tuttle  A.  Crosby  J.  Crosby,  Dow,  Hoit,  McGregory, 
Bartlett,  Howard,  Spalding,  Hill,  Howe,  Kittredge,  Peach, 
Elkins,   Harper,  Wallace,   Gregg,   Ferrington,   Long,   and 


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about  twenty  others  whose  names  were  not  recorded,  they 
not  being  in  in  season. 

The  meeting  was  called  to  order  by  the  President 
Read  the  proceedings  of  the  preceding  meeting  and  the 
doings  of  the  Council. 

The  alterations  in  the  bye-laws  recommended  by  the  council 
were  read. 

Voted  to  adopt  the  bye-laws  as  altered  by  the  Council  & 
recorded  in  their  doings. 

Voted  to  get  a  sufficient  number  of  the  alterations  of  the 
bye-laws  printed  to  supply  the  members  each  with  a  copy. 
Elected  Dr.  Willis  Johnson  a  Fellow  of  this  society  of 
]\rason 

Also  Dr.  Stephen  Cole  of  Cornish,  also  Dr.  Reuben  Hatch 
of  Hillsborough.     Also  Dr.   George  F.  Dunbar  of  West- 
moreland.    Also  Dr.  Dixi  Crosby  of  Gilmanton. 
12  oclock  an  Essay  was  read  by  the  President,  R.  D.  Mus- 
sey,  M.  D., 

Voted  to  adjourn  till  half  past  2  oclock  P.M. 
Met  Agreeable  to  adjournment  &  went  into  the  election  of 
Officers  for  the  ensuing  year. 

Chose  Drs.  Amos  Twichel  of  Keene  President 

"  Samuel  Morril  Vice  President 

"  Moses  Long  Secretary 

"  Isaac  Colby    Treasurer 

"  Samuel  Morril  Librarian 

"     Peter  Bartlett  &  l^elegates  to  attend  the 
,,     „^.„.        -r^  ,,   )>medical  examinations 

\\  ilham  Prescott       ,  ^^ 

I  at  Hanover 

"     Thomas  P.  Hill        ]    Auditors  of  the   Treas- 
"     John  Proctor  I   urers   accounts   the   en- 

"     Josiah  Kettredge      I    suing  year 


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Ebenezer  Lerned 

Asa  Crosby 

Matthias  Spalding 

Peter  Tuttle 

John  B.  McGregory 

Tnieman   Abell 

James  Farrington 

Jabez  Dow 

Isaac  Tukesbuiy 

Israel  Gale 

Reuben  D.  Mussey 

Daniel  Oliver 

Peter  Bartlett     ] 

Job  Wilson  ^ 

M.  Spalding        )  Censors  of  the  Southern 

Daniel  Adams     C 

Samuel  Webber    | 

James  A.   Gregg  ( 

John  P.  Elkins  ] 

Jabez  Dow  ^ 

Prescott  Lawrence  | 

Isaac  Tukesbury       ( 

Daniel  Oliver        ) 

Cyrus  Hamilton   C 

Josiah  Kittredge 


Centre  District 

Southern  do. 

Western  do. 
COUNCELLORS 
Strafford  do. 

Rockingham  do. 

Grafton  do. 


Censors  Centre  District 


District 
Western  do. 

Strafford  do. 

Rockingham  do. 

Grafton  do. 


Daniel  Adams 
Charles  G.  Adams 
Jabez  Dow 
William  Perry 
Daniel  Oliver 


Corresponding  Committee 
Centre  District 
Southern  do. 
Western  do. 
Strafford  do. 
Rockingham  do. 
Grafton  do. 


Voted  that  the  thanks  of  this  Society  be  presented  to  Dr. 
R.  D.  Mussey  for  the  able  &  impartial  manner  in  which  he 
presided  over  the  Society 

Voted  that  Drs.  Twichel,  Mussey  &  Tuttle  be  a  Committee 
to  propound  questions  to  patients  &  make  prescriptions 


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Votes  to  allow  Isaac  Hill's  account  for  advertising  from 
May  17"^  1824  to  May  17'^  1826  $4.50 
Voted  to  allow  George  Hough's  account  for  advertising 
from  May  13'^^  1822  to  March  26'^  1825  $4.33 
A  dissertation  on  fractures  of  the  thigh  &  leg  by  Dr.  Luke 
Howe  was  read  nearly  through  when  the  society  were  noti- 
fied by  the  Landlord  that  they  must  find  accommodations 
at  some  other  place  consequently  adjourned  to  the  Court 
room  in  the  Town-House 

The  auditors  of  the  Treasurers  accounts  made  the  follow- 
ing report :  viz. 

The  auditors  appointed  June  1826  have  attended  to  their 
duty  and  find  in  the  Treasurers  hands  fourty  Dollars  and 
ninety  Cents  —  his  accounts  are  correctly  cast  and  properly 
vouched 

(Signed)     J.  M.  Harper     } 

Silas  Merrill       \  ^^^^litors 

Concord  June  4*^  1827 

Voted  that  Drs.  Spalding,  McGregory  &  Hill  be  a  Com- 
mittee to  wait  on  Dr.  Mussey  and  request  of  him  a  copy  of 
his  essay  read  before  the  society  this  day,  for  publication 
or  so  much  of  it  as  would  be  suitable  to  meet  the  public 
eye,  at  the  expense  of  the  Society. 

The  communication  of  Drs.  Chadbourne  &  Crosby  to  the 
council  tendering  their  resignation  and  the  doings  of  the 
council  were  called  for  by  Dr.  Crosby  &  read. 
Voted  that  they  be  laid  on  the  table. 

Voted  to  choose  a  Committee  of  five  to  take  into  considera- 
tion the  alteration  of  the  bye-laws  respecting  consultation 
visits  and  report  thereon  tomorrow  morning  at  half  past 
seven  o  clock.  Chose  Drs.  Prescott,  Spalding,  Dow,  Mussey 
&  Greg. 

Voted  to  adjourn  to  meet  at  this  place  tomorrow  morning 
at  half  past  7  o'clock. 
June  5'*^    Met  according  to  adjournment. 
Prescriptions  for  the  benefit  of  the  patients  admitted  yes- 
terday were  read. 


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Report  of  the  Committee  on  the  alteration  of  the  bye-laws. 
The  Committee  appointed  to  take  into  consideration  the 
expediency  of  altering  the  bye-laws  relating  to  consulta- 
tions ask  leave  to  report. 

That  after  the  most  mature  deliberation  consequent  upon 
a  careful  and  critical  examination  of  the  subject  and  view- 
ing it  in  all  its  several  bearings  your  committee  are  de- 
cidedly of  the  opinion  that  there  can  be  no  essential  altera- 
tion in  the  existing  By-Laws  upon  that  subject  so  as  to 
meet  the  exigencies  of  all  and  every  case  that  may  occur 
to  the  fellows  of  this  society  in  their  intercourse  with  the 
sick;  consequently  they  would  respectfully  recommend  to 
this  society  to  retain  the  By-Laws  relating  to  the  subject  of 
consultations  as  they  now  exist. 

(Signed)     "William  Prescott 

For  the  Committee 

Voted  to  recommit  the  report  of  the  Committee  on  the 
alteration  of  the  bye-laws  for  amendment  and  to  report 
thereon  at  the  next  annual  meeting. 

Voted  to  choose  a  delegate  to  attend  the  medical  convention 
at  Northampton  on  the  20'^  of  June  1827 
Voted  that  Dr.  Matthias  Spalding  be  the  delegate  as  above. 
Report  of  one  of  the  delegates  to  Hanover. 
The  undersigned  delegate  from  the  N.  H.  Medical  Society 
to  attend  the  Medical  examination  at  Dartmouth  CoUege, 
attended  to  the  duty  assigned  them,  and  asks  leave  to  sub- 
mit the  following  report. 

He  arrived  at  Hanover  Tuesday  evening  Dec.  6"^  and  found 
the  Medical  School  in  a  very  flourishing  condition.  There 
were  rising  one  hundred  Medical  Students  that  attended 
the  lectures.  The  anatomical  museum  contains  a  valuable 
collection  of  wet  and  dried  preparations,  which  are  equal 
if  not  superior  to  that  of  any  other  medical  institution  in 
the  New  England  States. 

The  examination  commenced  the  same  evening  by  Prof. 
Mussey  on  the  part  of  the  College  (Prof.  Oliver  being 
unable  to  attend  the  examination  by  reason  of  indisposi- 


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tion)   and  was  conducted  with  fidelity  and  fairness  solely 

with  a  view  to  ascertain  the  knowledge  and  merit  of  the 

student. 

Thirty  five  young  gentlemen  were  examined  for  the  degree 

of  ]\ID  and  the  degree  of  M.D.  was  conferred  on  twelve. 

The  appearance  of  those  examined  for  degrees,  was  such  as 

was  highly  creditable  to  themselves  and  evinced  that  there 

had  been  uncommon  attention  paid  them  by  the  Medical 

professors. 

Too  much  cannot  be  said  in  commendation  of  the  mode  of 

teaching  anatomy  and  of  the  fidelity  and  ability  of  the 

professor  of  that  department. 

Such  was  the  appearance  of  the  school  and  so  highly  do 

the   Medical   Professors  stand   in   the   estimation   of   the 

undersigned  that  he  does  unhesitatingly  recommend  to  the 

Fellows  of  the  N.  H.  Medical  Society  to  encourage  their 

students  to  attend  lectures  at  this  institution  in  preference 

to  any  other. 

(Signed)     Peter  Tuttle 

Concord  June  5'^  1827 
RESOLVED  UNANIMOUSLY 

1  That,  in  the  opinion  of  this  Society,  the  use  of  distilled 
spirit  is  never  necessary  &  generally  hurtful  to  persons  in 
health ;  and  that  it  affords  no  protection  against  contagious 
diseases,  but  on  the  contrary  promotes  a  disposition  to  be 
affected  by  such  diseases,  especially  when  taken  habitually 
or  somewhat  freely. 

2  That  we  consider  that  distilled  spirit  is  not  essentially 
necessary  in  the  treatment  of  a  single  disease,  &  that  it 
might  be  safely  removed  from  the  shelves  of  the  physician 
and  apothecary 

3  That  it  is  the  duty  of  each  member  of  this  society  entirely 
to  abstain  from  distilled  spirit  and  to  discourage  its  use 
among  those  with  whom  we  may  have  influence. 


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4.  That    this    subject   be    earnestly    recommended    to    the 
serious  consideration  of  all  Medical  Societies. 
Voted  that  this  meeting  be  dissolved. 

Attest  Moses  Long  Secretary 

State  of  New  Hampshire 

We  the  Censors  of  the  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society 
duly  appointed  and  authorized  have  examined  John  Clough 
of  Enfield  in  the  county  of  Grafton  a  candidate  for  the 
practice  of  physic  and  surgery  and  having  found  him  quali- 
fied do  approve  and  license  him  a  Practitioner  in  Medicine 
and  Surgery  agreeably  to  Law  in  that  case  made  and  pro- 
vided 

Dated  at  Concord  this  fifth  day  of  June  A.  D.  1827 

Daniel  Oliver       1   ^ 
Isaac  Tewksbury  f 

By  virtue  of  the  power  in  me  vested,  I  have  hereunto 
caused  the  Seal  of  the  New-Hampshire  Medical  Society  to 
be  affixed 

Amos  Twichel     President 
Attest    Moses  Long  Secretary. 

At  a  Meeting  of  the  Council  of  the  New  Hampshire  Medical 
Society  holden  at  the  Washington  Hotel  Concord  June  2°*^ 
1828 

There  not  being  a  quorum  present  to  transact 
business  adjourned  to  half  past  five  o.elock  tomorrow  morn- 
ing June  3'"'^.  The  Council  met  according  to  adjournment. 
Councillors  present  Drs.  Mussey,  Lemed,  and  Farrington. 
The  meeting  was  opened  by  the  President  and  the  pro- 
ceedings of  the  preceding  meeting  read. 
Voted  that  Drs.  Jacob  Williams  of  Gilmanton  Samuel  Dow 
of  Dover,  Asahel  Dearborn  of  Effingham,  and  Thomas 
Lindsay  of  Wakefield  be  proposed  for  Fellowship  in  the 
N.  H.  M.  Society. 
Voted  to  choose  a  Committee  of  three  to  specify  a  list  of 


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authors  to  be  recommended  to  be  read  by  Medical  Students. 
Chose  Drs.  Mussey,  Oliver  and  McGregory  for  the  Com- 
mittee. 

Read  the  proceedings  of  the  Northampton  Convention. 
Voted  to  refer  the  Subject  to  a  Committee  to  report  thereon 
as  soon  as  may  be 

Chose  Drs.  Lemed,  Oliver  &  Farrington  for  the  Committee. 
Voted  in  reference  to  the  petition  of  Drs.  Chadbourne  & 
Crosby  that  inasmuch  as  one  of  the  gentlemen  has  with- 
drawn from  the  profession  and  the  other  removed  from  the 
State,  the  Council  deem  it  unnecessary  to  act  upon  said 
petition. 

Voted  that  Drs  Oliver  &  Lerned  be  a  Committee  to  take 
into  consideration  the  communication  of  Dr.  Mitchell  re- 
specting the  National  Pharmacopceia,  who  voted  in  favour 
of  choosing  delegates  to  the  Convention  to  be  holden  at  the 
City  of  Washington  on  the  1^'  of  Jan.  1830,  which  report 
was  accepted. 

Voted  that  Drs.  Samuel  Webber  &  Daniel  Adams  of  Mont 
Vernon  be  the  Orators  for  the  next  annual  meeting. 
Voted  that  the  Secretary  collect  all  the  alterations  in  the 
By-Laws  since  1822  and  cause  the  same  to  be  printed  in 
pamphlet  form  and  be  distributed  among  the  members. 
Voted  to  adjourn  to  meet  immediately  after  dinner.  Met 
according  to  adjournment. 

The  Committee  to  whom  was  referred  the  doings  of  the 
Northampton  Convention  made  the  following  report:  viz. 
The  Committee  of  the  Council  of  the  New-Hampshire 
Medical  Society  to  whom  was  referred  the  proceedings  of 
the  Medical  Convention  holden  at  North  Hampton :  Report 
that  in  their  opinion  the  regulations  recommended  by  said 
convention  for  the  better  education  of  Students  of  medi- 
cine are  worthy  of  adoption  by  the  N.  H.  M.  Society,  with 
the  following  amendment  to  the  4'''  article,  it  being  under- 
stood that  this  regulation  shall  not  preclude  any  student 
of  medicine  from  employing  a  tenn  of  time  not  exceeding 
sixteen  weeks  in  any  one  year  in  some  other  occupation  than 


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the  study  of  medicine,  provided  the  whole  amount  of  time 
so  employed  shall  not  exceed  one  eighth  part  of  the  pre- 
scribed term  of  his  professional  studies. 
Voted  that  the  report  be  accepted 

The  Committee  appointed  to  make  a  selection  of  books  to 
be  recommended  to  be  read  by  students  of  medicine  sub- 
mitted the  following  list  which  was  accepted:  viz. 
On  Anatomy    Wistar,   Bell,    Cloquet. 
Surgery  Samuel  Cooper's  first  lines 

Do.       Surgical  Dictionary  last  edition 
Astley  Cooper  on  luxations 
Abernethy  's  Surgical  Works 
Bells'    Principles    of    Surgery    last    edition,    by 

Charles  Bell 
Travers'  on  the  Eye 
Hunter  on  the  Blood 
Thompson  on  Inflammation 
Travers'  on  Irritation 
Bostock's  Physiology 
Philip  on  the  vital  functions 

Practice  Gregory's  Elements  on  the  Theory  and  Practice 
of  Medicine 

Good's  Study  of  Medicine 

Fordyce's  Dissertation  on  Fever 

Armstrong  on  Typhus  Fever 
Do.       on  Scarlet    do. 

Hastings  on   Inflammation  of  the  mucous  mem- 
branes. 

Laennec  on  mediate  Auscultation 

Cooke  on  Apoplexy,  Palsy  &  Epilepsy. 

Prichard  on  Nervous  Diseases 

Philip  on  Indigestion 

Blackall  on  Dropsy 

Ay  re  on  do. 

Hamilton  on  Purgatives 

Blane's  Medical  Logic 


New  York 


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Eberle's  Materia  Medica 
Chapman 's  Therapeutics 
Beck's  Medical  Jurisprudence 
Brande's  Manual  of  Chemistry 
Henry's  Chemistry 

Midwifery  Denman,  Merriman,  Dewees,  &  Ramsbotham. 
"        Clark  on  the  Diseases  of  Females. 

The  Council  recommend  the  following  gentlemen  to 
become  Honorary  Members  of  the  New-Hampshire  Medical 
Society :  viz. 

Jacob  Bigelow,  M.  D.,  of  Boston. 

Eli  Ives,  M.D.,  New  Haven,  Conn. 

David  Hosack,  M.D. 

Valentine  Mott,  M.  D. 

John  Augustin  Smith,  M.  D. 

Joseph  Smith,  M.  D. 

Dr.  Delafield 

John  B.  Beck,  M.  D. 

J.  Eomeyn  Beck,  M.  D.,  Albany 

Adjourned  sine  die 
Attest       Moses  Long  Secretary. 

AT  a  meeting  of  the  New-Hampshire  Medical  Society 
holden  at  the  AVashington  Hotel  on  Tuesday  June  3^^  1828. 
Fellows  present  Drs.  Twitchell,  Lerned,  Mussey,  Oliver, 
Harper,  Carr,  Smith  (of  Northwood,)  Bartlett  (Salis- 
bury,) McGregory,  Studley,  J.  Colby,  N.  Sanborn,  P. 
Elkins,  Hoit,  Shannon,  Ferrington,  Hatch,  Drew,  S.  Mor- 
ril,  Williams,  Lane,  0.  Elkins,  Kittredge,  J.  Straw,  Morse 
&  three  others. 

The  meeting  being  opened  by  the  President  the  proceed- 
ings of  the  preceding  meeting  were  read. 
Elected  the  following  gentlemen  Fellows  of  the  N.  H. 
Med.  Society :  viz.  Drs.  Jacob  Williams,  of  Gilmanton, 
Samuel  Dow  of  Dover,  Asahel  Dearborn  of  Effingham  and 
Thomas  Lindsay  of  Wakefield. 
Voted  to  proceed  to  the  choice  of  Officers 


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Chose  Dr.  Amos  Twitchell   President 

Dr.  Samuel  Morril  Vice  President 

Drs.  E.  Lemed  &     )  Counsellors  for  the 

Asa  Crosby       \   Centre  District 

M.  Spalding  )  _,     ,, 

-D  +      -D    w     ji  r  Southern 

Peter  P.  Woodbury       j 

J.   B.    McGregory    }  ^^^^^^,^ 

Truman  Abel  ( 

James  Farrington    1   ci^    ^e     -, 
^  ,       ^  I  Strafford 

Jabez  Dow  ^ 

Isaac   Tukesburj^      ]  -r,    i  •     i 

'   Rockingham 


Israel  Gale 
R.  D.  Mussey 
D.   Oliver 


\ 


Grafton  District 


Censors 


Centre  District 


Southern 


) 


Western 


Strafford 


Drs.  P.  Bartlett 
J.  Wilson 
"    M.  Spalding 

D.   Adams 
"     S.  Webber 

J.  A.  Gregg 
"     J.  P.  Elkins 

J.  Dow 
"     P.  Lawrence 
I.    Twksbury 
"     D.  Oliver 
R.  D.  Mussey 
Chose  Moses  Long   Secretary 
"      Dr.  Isaac  Colby   Treasurer 
"     Dr.  Samuel  Morril  Librarian 

"      Drs.    J.   Kittredge    (for  the    Centre    District),    D. 
Adams   (for  the  Southern) 


Rockingham 


Grafton 


Charles  G.  Adams  (Western] 
Jabez  Dow   (Strafford) 
W.  Perry  (Rockingham) 
D.  Oliver  (Grafton) 


Com- 
mittee 
of 
correspondence. 


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Chose  Drs.  D.  Adams  of  Mont  Vernon  and  J.  B.  McGreg- 
ory  Delegates  to  attend  the  medical  examinations  at  Han- 
over. 

Chose  Drs.  Adams  of  Mont  Vernon  &  Webber  Orators  for 
the  next  annual  meeting. 

Chose  Drs.  Mussey,  Spalding  and  McGregory  to  examine 
patients  &  report  a  method  of  practice  to  be  pursued  with 
patients  introduced  here  who  are  to  be  reported  by  the 
several  physicians  introducing  them. 
A  dissertation  on  Quackery  was  read  by  the  President. 
Adjourned  one  hour  to  dine. 
Met  according  to  adjournment. 

Dr.  Asahel  Dearborn  paid  his  initiating  fee  &  took  a  seat 
with  the  society. 

The  following  Report  of  the  Auditors  of  the  Treasurer's 
accounts  was  read  and  accepted:  viz. 

The  Auditors  of  the  Treasurer's  Account  for  the  year 
past,  report,  that  the  balance  in  the  hands  of  the  Treasurer 
on  the  last  settlement  was  eighteen  dollars  and  fourteen 
cents,  that  there  has  been  paid  into  the  hands  of  the  Treas- 
urer since  that  time  seventy  dollars  including  six  dollars 
'allowed  to  Dr.  ]Matthias  Spalding  on  his  Tax  for  past  ser- 
vices rendered  the  Society,  that  there  has  been  paid  out  of 
the  treasury  eighty  dollars  and  forty  four  cents,  leaving  a 
balance  in  the  hands  of  the  Treasurer  of  seven  dollars  and 
seventy  cents. 

The  Committee  find  the  accounts  correctly  cast  and  prop- 
erly vouched. 

John  Proctor 
Josiah  Kittredge 
June  S'^  1828. 

Voted  to  adopt  the  amendment  of  the  4'^  article  of  the 
reg-ulations  of  the  North-Hampton  Convention  as  proposed 
by  the  Council  &  that  the  Society  approve  of  said  regula- 
tions so  amended. 
Voted  that  our  proportion  of  the  expenses  of  the  North- 


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Hampton   Convention    (ten   dollars)    be   paid  out  of  the 

Treasury, 

Voted  that  the  Society  approve  of  the  list  of  Books  as 

recommended  by  the  Council  to  be  read  by  Students  of 

Medicine. 

Patients  examined  by  a  Committee  of  the  New  Hamp- 
shire Medical  Society  June  S^^  1828:  viz.  R.  D.  Mussey, 
Matthias  Spalding  &  J.  B.  McGregory. 

Joseph  Leavitt    AET.  30 

His  disease   of  two  years  standing:   disease   of   the  hip. 
M.  M.  Blue  Pill  till  the  fur  is  removed  from  his  tongue. 
Tincture  of  flies  till  a  slight  strangury  is  produced,  suspend 
&  repeat  it.     In  the  interim  Sulphate  of  Quinine. 
Try  also  in  the  failure  of  the  above  Tine.  Iodine  with  blue 
pill  every  other  night. 

A  Patient  of  Dr.  Carr's  Unsuccessful  as  reported 

June  2°^  1829. 


Warren  Prescott    AET.  25. 


Exostosis  of  the  Tibia  at  the  upper  and  back  part  with  a 
loose  pedicle  of  2  years  standing 
M.M.  Remove  the  tumor. 

A  patient  of  Dr.  Carr's 

Not  operated  upon  as 
was  recommended. 


Clarrissa  Foster    AET.  32     a  Shaker. 

A  small  pulsating  tumor  on  the  left  side  of  the  neet  just 

above  the  clavicle  over  the  Carotid  Artery.    It  has  existed 

a  little  over  a  year.    It  is  probably  ted  in  a  pymphatic 

gland. 

M.M.  Leaching  the  part  daily  for  some  weeks.    Tine.  Iodine 

3  times  a  day,  in  as  large  doses  as  the  stomach  will  bear. 


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Or  Sulphate  Quinine  1  to  4  grs.  with  small  doses,  say  1/10 
gr.  twice  a  day  of  Corrosive  Sublimate. 

Dr.  Harper.  Unsuccessful. 


Phebe  Courser    AET  12  yrs. 

Epilepsy  of  one  year 's  standing :  fits  irregular,  2  to  8  weeks 
interval.  M.M.  Heracleum  Lanatum  (Cow  parsnip)  (or 
muster  wort)  the  powder  of  the  root  10  to  30  grs.  3  times 
a  day.  Or  Prussiate  of  Iron  4  to  8  grs.  3  times  a  day.  at 
the  same  time  alterative  doses  of  Cal.  or  blue  pill  once  in 
three  to  six  days.  Food  nourishing  but  unstimulating. 
Coffee  &  Tea  to  be  omitted. 

Dr.  Calvin  Bachelder's  patient. 

Unsuccessful. 


Jacob  Wheeler     AET  2  1/2  yrs. 

Epilepsy  of  3  months  standing,  fits  irregular  3  to  17  days 
interval. 

M.M.  Twice  a  week  a  cathertic  of  equal  parts  of  castor  oil 
&  Spts.  turpentine  to  produce  3  or  4  evacuations.  Four  to 
ten  drops  of  Spts.  turpentine  every  four  hours  on  the  inter- 
mediate days.  If  this  does  not  answer  give  the  Cow  Pars- 
nip or  the  Prussick  Acid.  The  child  be  made  to  eat  but 
moderately,  as  a  very  full  stomach  will  be  liable  to  produce 
or  perpetuate  the  fits. 

Patient  of  Dr.  Abbot's   Loudon 

Unsuccessful. 


William  French     AET  4  yrs. 

Ulcer  of  the  Cornea  of  two  months  standing. 
M.M.  Saturated  solution  of  the  Nitrate  of  Silver  in  distilled 
or  rain  water  applied  with  a  camels  hair  pencil  to  the  ulcer 
once  in  2  to  5  days  the  bowels  to  be  kept  regular. 
Dr.  Isaiah  Lane 


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Levi  Powers    AET  46 

Indolent  Pustular  Eruption  on  the  neet  of  10  yrs.  standing. 
Originated  (he  says)  in  a  blow  upon  the  under  jaw.  Has 
been  bled  repeatedly  and  obtained  temporary  benefit  from 
it.  Never  took  medicine  for  it.  He  applied  to  a  7th  son 
2  yrs  ago  and  has  worn  a  four  pence  about  his  neck  ever 
since. 

M.M.  Quit  the  drinking  spirit  &  cider.  Take  twice  a  day 
half  a  table  spoonful  of  the  hard  soot  from  the  chimney. 
Iodine  internally  may  be  of  use.  Rub  the  part  twice  a  day 
with  an  ointment  composed  of  Hydriodate  of  Potash 
3i  to  3ii  in  §1  of  Lard. 

Under  the  care  of  Dr.  Isaiah  Lane. 


Atkinson  Glidden     AET  8  yrs. 

Chronick  tumor  from  low  inflammation  in  the  soft  parts 
of  the  thigh.  Leeches  to  be  daily  applied.  Keep  the  part 
moist  with  a  solution  of  the  muriate  of  Ammonia.  Give 
Iodine  at  the  same  time  keep  the  bowels  loose  with  blue 
pill.  Or  solution  of  Sublimate  1/16  to  1/14  of  a  gr.  twice 
a  day  or  enough  to  keep  the  bowels  open.  It  may  be  given 
Avith  1/2  gr.  to  2  grs.  of  the  sulphate  of  Quinine. 

The  indication  is  to  excite  the  action  of  the  vessels  so 
as  to  produce  either  suppuration  or  absorption. 
Under  the  care  of  Dr.  Enos  Hoit. 

Unsuccessful. 


Voted  that  the  several  cases  examined  &  reported  by  the 
Committee  with  the  method  of  treatment,  be  reported 
upon  to  this  society  at  the  next  meeting  by  the  several 
physicians  in  attendance,  with  the  success  attendant  on 
pursuing  the  treatment  prescribed. 

Voted  to  ballot  for  three  Delegates  to  meet  in  convention 
at  the  City  of  "Washington  on  the  1st  of  June  1830  on  the 
subject   of   the   revision   of   the   National   Pharmacopoeia. 


Records  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society       227 

Unanimously  elected  Daniel  Oliver,  M.  D.,  Jacob  Bigelow, 
M.  D.,  of  Boston  and  Eli  Ives  M.  D.  of  New  Haven. 
Voted  that  the  Medical  Institution  at  Dartmouth  College 
be  recommended  to  adopt  the  same  measure  relative  to  the 
convention  to  be  holden  at  Washington. 
Voted  that  the  Secretary  &  Treasurer  be  a  Committee  to 
ascertain  the  persons  who  have  been  ballotted  for  Fellows 
of  this  Society,  and  have  not  signified  their  acceptance  & 
paid  their  iniating  fee  and  that  they  cause  such  persons 
names  to  be  stricken  from  the  Catalogue,  and  have  the 
same  omitted  in  the  annual  Register. 

Voted  that  Dr.  Abner  Johnson  be  excused  from  paying 
taxes  hereafter  on  condition  that  he  will  pay  up  his  ar- 
rearages. 

Voted  that  the  next  annual  meeting  of  this  society  be  holden 
at  the  Eagle  Coffee  House  in  Concord. 

Voted  that  this  be  adjourned  till  tomorrow  morning  at  6 
0  'clock. 

June  4"^.    The  President  being  absent.  Dr.  Lerned  took  the 
chair  and  declared  the  meeting  opened  for  business. 
Voted  that  the  alterations  of  the  By-Laws  since  1822  be 
embodied  &  Printed  on  the  same  sheet  with  the  printed 
alterations  already  in  the  hands  of  the  Secretary. 
Voted  that  the  thanks  of  this  society  be  presented  to  the 
President  for  his  ingenious   dissertation  read  before  the 
Society  and  request  a  copy  for  the  press. 
Voted  that  the  recommendations  of  the   Council  relative 
to  the  petitions  of  Drs.  Chadbourne  &  Crosby  be  adopted. 
Voted  that  the  Secretary  be  Treasurer  pro.  tern. 
Voted  that  this  meeting  be  dissolved. 

Attest,    Moses  Long  Secretary 

June  4'^    Received  as  Treasurer  Pro.  Tem. 

$1.00  of  Dr.  Carr  it  being  the  annual  tax  for  next  year 

"1.00  of  Dr.  McGregory do 

"1.00  of  Dr.  Hoit do 

"1.00  of  Dr.  Twichell do..    . 


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"1.00  of  Dr.  Kimball  of  Campton  for  this  years  tax 
"5.00  of  Dr.  James  Baehelder  for  arrearages  &  tax  up  to 
this  time 


$10.00 

Paid  out  as  Treasurer  Pro.  Tem.  $10.00 
to  Nathan  Walker  &  took  his  receipt 
for  the  same. 

Attest    Moses  Long  Treasurer  pro.  tem. 

June  1^'  1829    Dr.  Jeremiah  Stickney  paid  ....  $8.00 
Received  pay  of  Moses  Long, 

Isaac  Colby,  Treas. 

The  Council  of  the  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society  met  at 
the  Eagle  Coifee-House  at  Concord  June  1^'  1829  agreeably 
previous  public  notice. 

Members  present  Doctors  Mussey,  McGregory,  &  Long. 
Adjourned  to  8  o. clock  tomorrow  morning. 
June  2"'^     Met  according  to  adjournment.     Dr.  Twitchell, 
the  President,  appeared  and  took  his  seat. 
Voted  that  the  Council  recommend  an  attention  to  the  case 
laid  before  them  two  years  ago  by  Drs.   Chadbourne  & 
Crosby. 

Resolved  that  the  Council  of  the  N.  H.  Med.  Society  view 
with  deep  regret  and  concern  the  disregard  of  the  regula- 
tions and  interests  of  the  society  as  evinced  by  the  course 
adopted  by  the  above  named  gentlemen  in  claiming  the 
unlimitted  right  to  consult  with  irregular  and  unlicensed 
practitioners,  though  fully  aware  as  has  often  been  ex- 
pressed by  those  individuals  of  its  tendency  to  subvert  the 
respectability  &  general  interests  of  the  profession,  and 
that  they  recommend  to  the  consideration  and  adoption  of 
the  Society  the  resolution  relative  to  this  subject  made  by 
the  Council  at  the  annual  meeting  of  1829  as  applicable 
to  one  of  the  gentlemen  above  named,  he  being  at  this  time 
a  practitioner  in  this  state. 
Appointed  Drs.  McCrillis  &  Hoit  Orators  for  1830 


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Voted  that  Joseph  Reynolds  M.  D.  be  recommended  to  be- 
come a  Fellow  of  this  Society. 
Voted  to  adjourn  sine  die. 

Attest    Moses  Long  Secretary. 

At  a  Meeting  of  the  New-Hampshire  Medical  Society 
holden  at  the  Eagle  Coffee-House  Concord  June  2°<i  1829 
Members  present,  Doctors  Twitchell,  Mussey,  Spalding, 
Lemed,  Wilson,  Shannon,  Lane,  Rogers,  I.  Colby,  E. 
Colby,  Webber,  Peach,  Kittredge,  Hoit,  Harper,  Burns, 
Stickney,  Wm.  Smith,  McGregory,  J.  B.  Elkins,  P.  Elkins 
Tilton,  Proctor,  Carr,  Prescott,  Mowe,  D.  Adams  (Mt. 
Vernon)  McCrillis,  and  Long. 

The  proceedings  of  the  preceding  meeting  were  read,  and 
also  communications  from  the  Secretaries  of  the  Centre, 
Strafford  and  Western  District  Societies. 
Voted  that  the  Secretary  of  this  Society  procure  a  case- 
book sufficiently  large  to  retain  the  cases  of  diseases  which 
may  annually  come  before  this  Society  for  several  years; 
and  that  he  make  a  faithful  record  of  such  cases,  together 
with  the  prescriptions  and  the  results,  in  so  far  as  the 
Society  can  come  at  the  knowledge  of  them. 
Eleven  o. clock  the  President  read  his  annual  dissertation, 
it  was  a  relation  of  a  case  of  tying  the  Carotid  Artery.  A 
long  dissertation  was  read  by  Dr.  Webber  on  Typhus  Fever, 
some  remarks  in  reply  to  certain  notions  advanced  by  Dr. 
W.  on  the  contagiousness  of  Typhus  Fever,  by  Drs.  Mussey, 
Twitchel  &  others. 

Voted  that  Drs.  Mowe,  Wilson  and  Lerned  be  a  Committee 
to  audit  the  Treasurers  accounts. 

Voted  that  Drs.  Mussey,  Spalding,  Adams,  Wilson  and 
McCrillis,  be  a  Committee  to  report  a  method  of  practice 
for  patients  that  may  be  introduced.  Adjourned  to  dine. 
Met  according  to  adjournment.  Patients  examined. 
The  following  report  was  read  by  Dr.  Adams :  viz. 
The  undersigned  elected  Delegates  by  the  N.  H.  M.  Society 
to  attend  the  IMedical  examinations  at  D.  College  in  the 
autumn  of  1828  submit  the  following  report. 


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Having  been  duly  notified  of  the  day  when  the  examina- 
tions would  commence,  they  repaired  to  Hanover,  where 
they  were  politely  received  by  the  faculty  of  Medicine. 
The  evening  of  Tuesday,  Dec.  lO'*"  and  the  Wednesday  and 
Thursday  following,  to  very  late  hours,  were  occupied  in 
these  examinations.  The  whole  number  of  the  Medical 
class  was  ninety  one ;  of  these  twenty  four  were  examined 
and  approbated,  of  whom  seven  received  their  degrees. 
The  examinations  were  conducted  in  a  manner  much  to  the 
approbation  of  your  Delegates,  and,  generally,  were  well 
instanced,  affording  proofs,  on  the  one  hand,  that  instruc- 
tion at  this  institution  is  assiduously  imparted,  and  on  the 
other,  in  most  instances,  that  it  is  diligently  received. 
During  the  last  year,  the  Anatomical  Museum  has  been 
further  enriched  by  new  additions,  the  library-  is  increasing 
with  a  steady  progress,  the  Chemical  Apparatus  is  very 
complete,  almost  every  day  adds  something  to  the  speci- 
mens in  [blank]  and  no  period,  it  is  believed,  has 
this  institution  been  more  deserving  of  the  confidence  of  the 
public  and  the  patronage  of  the  State. 

On  closing  this  report,  it  is  obvious  to  remark  that  the 
present  is  an  age  of  uncommon  intellectual  effort.  Artific- 
ers and  Mechanics,  Tradesmen  and  Farmers,  in  many  of 
our  large  towns  are  forming  themselves  into  associations 
for  mental  improvement.  They  procure  libraries,  they  read 
literary  and  scientific  journals,  and  attend  lectures  on 
Chemistry,  Mechanics,  Natural  Philosophy  and  other  of  the 
Sciences.  Nor  is  it  in  our  large  towns  only  that  this  spirit 
of  improvement  is  manifesting  itself.  It  is  spreading  wide 
over  our  country.  Even  our  females,  in  many  institutions 
which  have  lately  sprung  up  in  many  places  about  us,  are 
taught  a  far  greater  amount  of  science,  than,  at  present,  is 
required  of  those  who  offer  themselves  as  candidates  for 
the  Medical  honours  conferred  by  our  Colleges.  With 
these  facts  before  us,  is  it  not  time  that  higher  qualifica- 
tions were  demanded  for  those  who  offer  themselves  as 
candidates   for  those   distinctions,   and  that   the   Medical 


Kecords  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society       231 

institutions  throughout  our  country  should  be  quickened  in 

their  etiforts  to  bring  about  so  desirable  a  result. 

(Signed)      Daniel  Adams  ]  -r^  , 

T  1,     T3   ^/r  n  r  Delegates 

John  B.  McGregory  \ 

Concord  | 

June  2"'^  1829  J 

The  Committee  who  audited  The  Treasurer's  accounts  made 
the  following  report:  viz. 

The  auditors  of  the  Treasurer's  account  for  the  year  past 
find  that  the  balance  in  the  hands  of  the  Treasurer  on  the 
last  settlement  was  seven  dollars  and  seventy  cents,  that 
there  has  since  that  time  been  paid  into  the  Treasury  fifty 
nine  dollars  including  four  dollars  paid  in  advance  on  tax 
for  1829  that  there  has  been  paid  out  forty  nine  dollars  and 
thirty  cents  leaving  in  the  hands  of  the  Treasurer  seven- 
teen dollars  and  forty  cents. 

(Signed)     Ebenezer  Lerned  )   .     -,., 

-n.     ■  -,  ^.  y  Auditors 

Daniel  Mowe  \ 

Voted  to  go  into  the  choice  of  officers 
Chose  Amos  Twitchell  M.  D.  President 

"      Daniel  Adams  M.  D.  (of  Mt.  Vernon)  Vice  President 
Voted  that  Drs.  McGregory,  I.  Colby  and  Hoitt  be  a  Com- 
mittee to  nominate  Councillors  and  Censors. 

Chose  Dr.  Joseph  M.  Harper  and)  Councillors  in  the 

John  Rogers  M.  D.         \  Centre  District 

Dr.  James  A.  Gregg 

Dr.  Alexander  Boyd 

Dr.  Thomas  Shannon  &] 

Dr.  John  McCrillis 

Dr.  Isaac  Tukesbury  &| 

Dr.  Israel  Gale 

R.  D.  Mussey  M.  D. 

Daniel  Oliver  M.  D. 

Matthias  Spalding  M.  D.  &)  c.     ^i 
-rx     •  1    »  -,         ^,r   T^  I  Southern 

Daniel  Adams  M.  D.  J 


Western 
Strafford 
Rockingham 
Grafton 


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"      Isaac  Colby  M.  D.  &)  Censors  in  the 
Elijah  Colby  M.  D.    j  Centre  District 

"     Luke  Howe  M.  D.  &       )  ,,^    , 

a  1  w  KK      Tvr  TV      c  Western  do. 

Samuel  Webber  M.  D.     \ 

"      Matthias  Spalding  M.  D.  &) 

Daniel  Adams  M.  D.  \  Southern  do. 

"      Dr.  Jabez  Dow  &  ]  q.     «.     i    i 

T^      T  -n      •     i.        r  Strafford  do. 

Dr.  James  i"  arrington    I 

"      Dr.  Isaac  Tewksbury  &  ]  ^    ,  .     , 

Dr.  Israel  Gale  \  Rockingham  do. 

"      E.  D.  Mussey  M.  D.  &]  ^     ^ 

Daniel  Oliver  M.   D.      [  ^^raf ton  do. 

"      Dr.  Moses  Long   Secretary 

"      Isaac  Colby  M.  D.    Treasurer 

"      Samuel  Morril  M.  D.   Librarian 

"  Amos  Twitchell  M.  D.  &  Isaac  Colby  M.  D.  Dele- 
gates to  attend  the  examinations  of  Med.  Stu- 
dents at  Hanover. 
Voted  that  it  be  the  duty  of  the  Secretary  to  notify  by 
letter  the  Officers  &  members  of  their  election. 
Voted  that  the  Secretarj^  give  notice  of  the  meetings  but 
one  insertion  in  the  public  papers  provided  it  can  be  done 
without  expense  to  the  Society. 

Voted  to  dispense  with  the  choice  of  a  corresponding  com- 
mittee the  present  year. 

Voted  that  the  Society  adjourn  to  meet  at  this  place  tomor- 
row morning  at  8  o.clock. 

June  S^^    The  Society  met  according  to  adjournment. 
Voted  that  the  recommendations  of  the  Council  be  adopted. 
Voted  that  Dr.  Joseph  Reynolds  be  admitted  a  Fellow  of 
this  Society. 

Voted*  that  a  member  of  this  Society  be  appointed  to  pro- 
nounce an  Eulogy  on  Dr.  Smith  at  our  next  annual  meeting. 
Voted  that  Daniel  Oliver  M.  D.  be  requested  to  deliver 
the  Eulogy  before  the  Society  &  the  Public. 
Resolved*  that  this  Society  entertain  a  deep  sense  of  the 
loss  the  Medical  Profession  has  sustained  in  the  recent 


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death  of  Dr.  Nathan  Smith,  formerly  a  President  of  this 
Societ}^  and  one  of  the  most  distinguished  teachers  and 
Practitioners  of  the  healing  art  in  its  more  important 
branches  which  New-England  has  ever  produced  &  that  an 
eulogy  upon  this  eminent  man  be  pronounced  at  the  next 
annual  meeting  of  the  Society. 

Voted  that  the  Secretary  engage  suitable  accommodations 
for  the  society  for  the  next  annual  meeting. 
Voted  that  a  copy  of  the  communication  made  to  the  So- 
ciety yesterday  by  the  President  be  requested  for  publica- 
tion in  the  American  Journal  of  the  Medical  Sciences 
published  at  Philadelphia. 
Voted  to  adjourn  to  meet  next  in  Concord 

Attest    IMoses  Long  Seeretar5^ 

State  op  New  Hampshire 

We  the  Censors  of  the  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society, 
for  the  Western  District,  duly  appointed  and  authorized, 
have  examined  the  letters  testimonial  of  Charles  W.  Whit- 
ney formerly  of  Marlborough  in  the  Commonwealth  of 
Massachusetts  and  now  of  Troy  in  the  State  of  New-Hamp- 
shire, and  having  found  them  satisfactory,  do  hereby  admit 
him  to  all  the  privileges  of  those  who  have  been  educated, 
examined  and  licensed  in  this  State. 

Dated   at   Charlestown   this   eighth  day   of  May   Anno 
Domini  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  twenty  eight. 
James  A.  Gregg  M.  D.]  Censors 

Samuel  Webber  M.  D.    J  W.  D.  N.  M.  S. 

,  — ^         By  virtue  of  the  power  in  me  vested  I  have 

j  L.  S.  I        hereunto  caused  the  seal  of  the  New  Hamp- 
'■'"^ —  shire  Medical  Society  to  be  affixed. 

Amos  Twitchell,  President. 

Moses  Long  Secretary. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Council  at  the  Phoenix  Hotel 

May  31.  1830    according  to  previous  notice. 


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Members  present  Drs.  A.  Twitchell,  J.  M.  Harper,  &  M. 
Long. 

Voted  to  adjourn  to  meet  at  this  place  tomorrow  morning 
6  o.clock. 

June  1.     Met  according  to  adjournment. 
The  Council  propose  the  following  candidates  for  admis- 
sion into  this  Society :  viz. 
John  B.  Dousman  M.  D.  of  Keene; 
Dr.  Putnam  Barron  of  Charleston ; 
Dr.  John  T.  Sanborn  of  Wentworth ;  & 
Ezra  Carter  M.  D.  of  Concord. 

Voted  that  Drs.  Jacob  Kittredge  &  Dixi  Crosby  be  Orators 
for  1831. 
Adjourned  Attest    Moses  Long  Secretary. 

At  a  Meeting  of  the  N.  H.  Med.  Society  holden  at  the 
Phoenix  Hotel  Concord  June  1.  1830 

Members  present  Drs.  Twitchell,  A.  Crosby,  S.  Morril, 
Prescott,  McGregory,  P.  Bartlett,  Harper,  I.  Colby,  Straw, 
Peach,  Mowe,  Hoit,  Chadbourne,  Farrington,  J.  P.  Elkins, 
J.  Kittredge,  D.  Crosby,  Lane,  Smith,  N.  Sanborn,  J.  T. 
Sanborn,  &  Long. 

Read  the  proceedings  of  the  preceding  meeting. 
Voted  that  John  B.  Dousman  of  Keene,  Dr.  Putnam  Bar- 
ron of  Charleston,  Dr.  John  T.  Sanborn  of  Wentworth,  & 
Ezra  Carter  M.  D.  of  Concord  be  admitted  as  Fellows  of 
this  Society. 

A  communication  from  J.  B.  Beck  of  New  York  on  the 
subject  of  the  National  Pharmacopoeia  was  received  and 
read. 

Voted  that  the  above  communication  lay  on  the  table. 
Voted  that   Drs.   Farrington,   Elkins   and   Sanborn   be   a 
Committee  to  audit  the  Treasurer's  accounts. 
12  o.clock  M     a  communication  on  the  operation  of  Tra- 
cheotomy by  the  President  and  dissertation  on  the  use  of 
01.  Succini  by  Dr.  Hoit  were  read. 

Voted  that  Drs.  Twitchell  &  Hoit  be  requested  to  furnish 
copies  of  their  interesting  communications  for  publication 


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in  the  American  Journal  of  the  Medical  Sciences  published 

at  Philadelphia. 

Voted  that  Drs.   Prescott,   McGregory,  Farrington,   Hoit, 

Morril,  and  N.  Sanborn  be  a  Committee  to  nominate  officers 

for  the  ensuing  year. 

Voted  that  the  Secretary,  Treasurer  &  Dr.  Harper  be  a 

committee  to  settle  Mr.  Isaac  Hill's  account. 

Voted  that  the  President  with  two  others  appointed  by  the 

chair  be  a  Committee  to  make  prescriptions  for  all  the 

patients  who  may  come  before  the  Society  at  this  meeting. 

Chose  Drs.  Asa  Crosby  &  Chadbourne  to  be  associated  with 

the  President  for  that  purpose     Adjourned  for  one  hour 

to  dine. 

Met  according  to  adjournment. 

Voted  to  allow  M.  Long's  account  amounting  to  one  dollar 

&  sixty  two  cents 

Voted  to  proceed  to  the  choice  officers. 

Chose  Daniel  Adams  M.  D.  of  Mont  Vernon   President 

"      Thomas  P.  Hill   Vice  President 

"     Moses  Long  Secretary. 

"      Nathan  Sanborn    Treasurer 


Councillors  within  the  limits 
of  the  Centre  District 


Western  do. 
Strafford  do. 
Rockingham  do. 


Joseph  M.   Harper 

Josiah  Kittredge 

John  B.  McGregory 

James  A.  Gregg 

James  Farrington 

Thomas  Shannon 

Isaac   Tukesbury 

Israel  Gale 

R.  D.  Mussey       }  n     n       a 

Daniel  Oliver        C 

M.  Spalding  )  o     ^i,         i 

f  ^^      .  ,  >  Southern  do. 

Israel  Herrick  \ 

Isaac  Colby       ]  ^^^^^^^  Centre  District 

Elijah  Colby     \ 

J.  B.  McGregory  ]  ^^^^^^^  ^^ 

Luke  Howe  ^ 


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"      Matthias  Spalding  )  „      , 

T        1  TT      •  1  r  Southern  do. 

Israel  Herrick  \ 

"      Jacob  Kittredge  )    ^.     ^     .   -, 
T  1     HT  r>,  -IT        r   Straiiord  do. 
John  McCrilhs      ( 

"      Isaac   Tukesburv    )   t^    ,  .     , 

Israel  Gale        ^     \  Rockingham  do. 

"      Reuben  D.  Mussey  )  ^     ^,       ., 
-r.     .  ,   ^T  >  Grafton  do. 

Daniel  Oliver  V 

"      Samuel  Morril  Librarian 

"      Enos  H'oit  and  Samuel  Webber  delegates  to  attend 

the  medical  examinations  at  Hanover. 

The  auditors  of  the  Treasurer's  accounts  for  the  year  past: 
Report  that  the  balance  in  the  hands  of  the  Treasurer  on 
the  last  settlement  was  seventeen  dollars  and  forty  cents : 
that  there  has  been  paid  into  the  hands  of  the  Treasurer 
since  forty  three  dollars  making  in  all  sixty  dollars  and 
forty  cents.  And  that  there  has  been  paid  out  of  the 
Treasury  forty  dollars  and  fifty  seven  cents,  leaving  in  the 
hands  of  the  Treasurer  nineteen  dollars  and  eighty  three 
cents. 

Signed        James   Farrington   '] 

John  P.  Elkins  ^-Committee 

Nathan  Sanborn        I 

Voted  to  accept  a  verbal  report  of  one  of  the  delegates  who 
attended  the  ^Medical  examinations  last  year,  which  was  in 
commendation  of  that  Medical  Institution. 
The  Committee  to  whom  was  referred  the  settlement  of  Mr. 
Hills'  account  have  attended  to  the  dutj^  assigned  them 
and  ask  leave  to  Report  that  of  the  $3.75  charged  we  paid 
one  dollar  and  took  a  receipt  in  full 

Moses  Long    for  the  Committee. 

Resolved  that  it  be  the  duty  of  the  President  to  call  on 
all  members  present  at  every  meeting  to  report  such  epi- 
demic and  prevailing  diseases  as  have  occurred  at  any  time 
within  the  circle  of  their  practice  and  the  method  of  treat- 


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ment  which  has  been  successfully  pursued  in  their  cure ; 
and  all  other  facts  and  information  relative  to  the  practice 
of  Medicine  which  may  be  thought  worthy  of  notice ;  That 
those  cases  when  convenient  shall  be  communicated  in  writ- 
ing and  that  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  secretary  to  record 
a  condensed  account  of  the  same  in  the  case-book  of  the 
Society. 

Voted  to  adjourn  to  meet  at  this  place  tomorrow  morning 
at  8  0. clock. 

Met  according  to  adjournment. 

Voted  that  it  be  the  duty  of  the  Secretary  of  this  Society 
to  inform  the  Secretaries  of  the  several  district  Societies 
to  which  they  severally  belong,  that  the  better  to  promote 
the  interests  of  the  Society  and  make  a  judicious  selection 
of  officers,  the  attendance  at  the  next  annual  meeting  of 
two  or  more  Fellows  from  all  the  districts  is  requested. 
Voted  that  the  Secretary  engage  suitable  accommodations 
for  the  Society  at  next  annual  meeting 
Voted  that  this  meeting  be  dissolved 

Attest    Moses  Long    Secretary. 

Council  of  the  New-Hampshire  Medical  Society, 

at  a  Meeting  holden  at  the  Phoenix  Hotel  May  30  1831 

Concord 

Members  present  Doctors  D.  Adams,  Joseph  M.  Harper, 
Josiah  Kittredge  and  Moses  Long. 

Voted  to  adjourn  to  meet  at  this  place  tomorrow  morning 
at  8  o.clock. 

May  31  The  hour  of  adjournment  having  arrived  the 
president  declared  the  meeting  open  for  business. 
Dr.  R.  D.  Mussey  took  his  seat  in  the  Council 
Resolved  that  the  Council  deem  it  expedient  that  the  New- 
Hampshire  Medical  Society  shall  take  some  efficient  meas- 
ures to  inform  the  community  relative  to  the  necessity  of 
dissetions  in  order  to  prepare  the  way  for  legislative  aid 
on  that  subject. 


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The  Council  propose  James  S.  Fernald  M.  D.  of  Barring- 
ton  for  Fellowship  in  this  Society.    Dr.  James  Farrington 
&  Thomas  P.  Hill  M.  D.  are  appointed  orators  for  1832. 
Voted  to  adjourn  Sine  Die 

Attest    Moses  Long  Secretary. 

At  a  Meeting  of  the  New-Hampshire  Medical  Society 
holden  at  the  Phoenix  Hotel  Concord  May  31,  1831  agree- 
ably to  public  notice.  Members  present  Doctors  Daniel 
Adams,  Mussey,  Josiah  Kittredge,  Jacob  Kittredge, 
Harper,  Hatch,  Hill,  I.  Colby,  E.  Colby,  T.  Elkins,  J.  P. 
Elkins,  E.  Hoit,  Straw,  Prescott,  Sanbourne,  Mowe,  Wil- 
liam Smith,  Carr,  Chadbourne,  Proctor,  Morrison,  Fernald, 
and  Long,  and  Bartlett. 

The  meeting  was  opened  by  the  president.  The  proceedings 
of  the  preceding  meeting  were  read. 

Dr.  George  Farrar  made  a  communication  to  the  Society 
tendering  his  resignation. 

Voted  that  Dr.  Farrar 's  resignation  will  be  accepted  pro- 
vided he  pays  up  his  arrearages. 

A  communication  was  received  from  Dr.  John  French  re- 
questing a  partial  remittance  of  his  arrearages. 
Voted  that  the  Treasurer  be  instructed  to  inform  Dr. 
French  that  the  object  of  his  communication  was  rather 
indefinite,  that  if  he  wished  to  withdraw  from  the  Society 
his  request  would  probably  be  granted  by  his  paying  up 
his  arrearages. 

The  resolution  proposed  by  the  Council  was  read  and  acted 
upon. 

Voted   that   a    Committee   of   three   be   appointed   by   the 
President  to  take  into  consideration  the  above  resolution 
and  report  thereon  to  the  Society  as  soon  as  practicable. 
Chose  Drs.  Mussey,  Harper  and  Chadbourne  for  that  pur- 
pose. 

Chose  Drs.  Josiah  Kittredge,  Elijah  Colby,  and  Hoit  to 
audit  the  Treasurer's  accounts  and  report  thereon. 
The  President  appointed  agreeably  to  a  vote  of  the  Society 


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Drs.  Mussey,  I.  Colby,  and  Hill  to  examine  patients  and 
make  prescriptions. 

Voted  to  excuse  the  president  in  not  preparing  an  address 
according  to  a  resolve  of  the  Society,  in  consequence  of  his 
not  having  a  knowledge  of  such  resolve. 
At  12  o.clock  M.  a  dissertation  was  read  before  the  Society 
by  Dr.  Jacob  Kittredge  on  the  use  of  01.  Succini  in  Scalds 
&  Burns  &  remarks  made  on  that  subject  by  several 
members. 

Voted  that  Dr.  Mussey  be  requested  to  give  a  lecture  before 
the  Society  and  the  public  this  afternoon. 
Voted  that  Dr.  Chadbourne  be  a  Committee  to  make  ar- 
rangements with  Dr.  Mussey  as  to  time  and  place  for  that 
purpose. 

Voted  to  adjourne  one  hour  to  dine. 

Met  according  to  adjournement  and  attended  to  the  exam- 
ination of  patients. 
Proceeded  to  the  choice  of  officers  for  the  ensuing  year. 

Chose  Dr.  Daniel  Adams,  M.  D.,  President 

"      Thos.  P.  Hill  M.  D.   Vice  President 

"      Moses  Long     Secretary 

"      Thomas  Chadbourne   )  Councillors  within  the  limits 

Isaac  Colby  J  of  the  Centre  D.  N.  H.  M.  S. 

"      John  B.  McGregory   )  „, 

-r  ,     ^  >  \>  estern  do. 

James  A.  Gregg  ^ 

"      Jacob  Kittredge       1  ^^     ^     _,    , 
^      .   \        }  Strafford  do. 
James  J^arrington    \ 

"      Isaac   Tukesbury      }  ^    ,  .     , 

-r        ,   ^  T  >  Rockingham  do. 

Israel  Gale  ^ 

"     R.  D.  Mussey       )  n     £.       i 
T-.     ■  ^   f^v  c  Grafton  do. 

Daniel  Oliver       \ 

"      Matthias  Spalding  ] 

(Has  never        |.Southern  do. 

Israel  Herrick         paid  his  in-       J 

iation  fee  or 

annual  taxes) 


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"      Enos  Hoit     J  Censors  within  the  limits  of 

John  Can*     j^      the  Centre  District 

"     Amos  Twitchell      )  _ 

. ,  J       -r>      -,    r  Western  do. 

Alexander   Boyd    \ 

"     xXoah  Hardy    ^   )  ^     ,,  , 

T  ,      -r^  >  bouthern  do. 

John  Kamsay      I 

"      John  McCrillis       )    n^     ^     -■   -, 
T  u     T>    T711  •  r   Stratford  do. 

John  P.  Elkms       j 

"      Israel  Gale  )  -r.    .  ■     , 

T         mil  r  Rockingham  do. 

Isaac  Tukesbury  { 

"      Daniel  Oliver   )   ^     ^, 

■r.    T^    ^^  r  Grarton  do. 

R.  D.  Mussey   j 

"      Nathan  Sanborn     Treasurer 

"      Elijah  Colby      Librarian 

"      Josiah  Kittredge  J  Delegates  to  attend  the  Medical 

Dixi  Crosby  C       examinations  at  Hanover. 

The  Committee  to  whom  was  referred  the  subject  of  the 
resolve  recommended  by  the  Council  reported  that  it  be 
referred  to  a  select  Committee  appointed  by  the  President 
to  make  such  arrangements  relative  to  that  business  as 
may  think  proper. 

Drs.  R.  D.  Mussey,  J.  M.  Harper  and  M.  Long  were  ap- 
pointed for  that  purpose. 

The  auditors  of  the  Treasurer's  accounts  for  the  past  year 
report  the  balance  in  the  hands  of  the  Treasurer  on  the 
last  settlement  was  nineteen  dollars  and  eighty  cents.  That 
there  has  been  paid  into  the  treasury  since  forty  five  dollars 
making  an  aggregate  of  sixty  four  dollars  and  eighty  three 
cents.  That  the  Treasurer  has  paid  in  sundry  bills  for 
which  vouchers  have  been  exhibited  twenty  seven  dollars 
and  thirty  nine  cents  leaving  in  the  hands  of  the  Treasurer 
thirty  six  dollars  and  eighty  four  cents 
Concord  May  31,  1831 

Josiah  Kittredge    ^ 

Elijah  Colby  ^Auditors. 

Enos  Hoit  J 


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Voted  that  the  report  of  the  auditors  on  the  Treasurer's 
account  be  accepted. 

Voted  to  accept  the  report  of  the  Committee  on  the  altera- 
tion of  the  Bye-Laws  as  follows :  viz. 

The  Committee  appointed  to  make  &  report  alterations  on 
the  eighth  section  of  the  fourth  article  in  the  By-Laws 
report  the  following : 

Chap  14.  Sec.  8  District  Societies  The  Secretaries  of 
the  district  Societies  shall  annually  transmit  to  the  Secre- 
tary of  the  general  society  on  or  before  the  first  Monday 
preceding  the  annual  meeting  of  the  State  Society  an 
abstract  of  the  proceedings  of  their  respective  societies; 
also  a  list  of  all  the  associates  and  in  case  of  neglet,  shall 
forfeit  and  pay  to  the  treasurer  of  the  general  society  the 
sum  of  ten  dollars. 

Enos  Hoit        1 

Daniel  Mo  we    ICommittee 

Wm.    Smith     J 

An  interesting  account  of  the  state  of  medical  science  in 
some  of  the  medical  institutions  in  France  and  England 
was  given  by  Proffessor  Mussey  and  the  practice  of  physic 
and  surgery  that  came  under  his  observation  while  visiting 
those  institutions  last  year;  also  an  exhibition  of  Civiale's 
ingenious  instruments  for  grinding  and  removing  the 
stone  from  the  bladder. 

The  undersigTied  elected  delegates  by  the  New-Hampshire 
Medical  Society  to  attend  the  Medical  examinations  at 
Dartmouth  College  in  the  autumn  of  1830  submit  the  fol- 
lowing report  (the  other  delegate  not  present  at  the 
examinations). 

The  evening  of  Monday  Nov.  22  the  examinations  com- 
menced, and  closed  on  Thursday  evening  the  25.  The 
examinations  continued  to  very  late  hours  each  day.  The 
whole  number  of  the  Medical  Class  was  ninety  eight;  of 
these  thirty  were  examined  and  twenty  six  approved  as 
eligible  for  a  Medical  Diploma.     Fourteen   received  the 


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degrees.  The  examinations  were  conducted  in  a  thorough 
manner  very  much  to  the  satisfaction  of  your  delegate 
affording  proofs  that  the  instruction  at  this  institution  is 
assiduously  and  appropriately  imparted.  The  examinations 
in  most  instances  were  very  satisfactory  affording  evidence 
that  instruction  had  been  diligently  received.  Thirteen 
weeks  were  occupied  by  the  lectures. 

The  facilities  for  imparting  and  receiving  instruction  at 
this  institution  have  very  much  increased  ^vithin  ten  years. 
In  the  Chemical  department  it  is  only  necessary  to  say 
that  the  Laboratory  is  well  furnished  with  apparatus  in 
all  the  departments  of  the  science. 

The  Professor  on  the  theory  and  practice  of  physic  has  a 
very  good  assortment  of  specimens  in  the  department  of 
materia  medica  neatly  put  up  in  glass  vessels  for  exhibition 
to  the  class. 

A  short  catalogue  of  the  preparations  and  specimens  of 
the  anatomical  department  will  serve  in  a  measure  to  show 
the  indefatigable  exertations  of  the  professor  in  this  de- 
partment to  render  this  institution  beneficial  to  the  pro- 
fession :  viz. 

10  Skeletons  natural  and  artificial  of  various  sizes  from  an 
early  Foetal  State  to  that  of  an  adult. 

13  Skeletons  with  the  muscular  attachments  painted  in 
vivid  colours,  an  original  improvement  to  instruct  myology 
by  the  Professor  in  this  department. 
8  Heads  of  various  ages  the  bones  separate. 
More  than   100  Specimens  illustrative  of  bony  structure 
&  of  the  different  stages  of  ossifications. 
70  Blood  Vessel  preparations  including  numerous  speci- 
mens illustrating  minute  vascularity  and  the  Foetal  circu- 
lation. 

12  Preparations  of  the  ner\^es.    6  Models  and  Preparations 
of  the  brain  and  spinal  marrow  dissected. 
24  Preparations  of  the  muscles.     12  Preparations  of  the 
Ligaments.     20  of  the  stomach  and  intestines.     5  of  the 
mouth  and  nostrils.    8  of  the  Larynx  and  Pharynx.    14  of 


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the  Heart  and  Lungs.    20  of  the  eye  including  five  models 
in  wax. 

23  Preparations  of  the  ear  including  dissections  and  re- 
markably fine  wax  models. 

44  Models  connected  with  the  department  of  Obstetricks. 
190  Specimens  of  bones  illustrating  the  effects  of  Scrofula, 
Syphilis,  Cancer,  Rickets,  Rheumatisms,  Hydrocephalus, 
Molites  Osium,  Spina  Bifida,  Curved  Spine,  Diseases  of  the 
joints,  Fractures,  Dislocations,  and  injuries  of  the  head. 
A  few  wet  preparations  and  Specimens  showing  the  effects 
of  disease  upon  the  thoracic  and  abdominal  viscera. 
75  Plaster  casts  and  Models  of  the  heads  and  Brains  of 
Persons  distinguished  for  talent  for  crime  and  for  defici- 
ency of  intellect;  of  other  parts  peculiarly  marked  by  con- 
genital deformity  and  by  disease.  150  Specimens  in  com- 
parative Anatomy.  Besides  the  above  enumerated  speci- 
mens which  amount  to  more  than  eight  hundred  in  number ; 
The  Anatomical  31  use  urn  contains  a  great  number  of  small 
specimens  of  less  value.  Connected  with  the  same  depart- 
ment, the  institution  possesses  a  great  variety  of  apparatus 
for  the  treatment  of  fracture  and  dislocations  very  com- 
plete sets  of  Surgical  instruments  including  Civiale's  & 
Heurteloupe's  apparatus  for  destroying  the  stone  in  the 
bladder.  A  large  number  of  richly  coloured  engravings 
illustrative  of  difficult  surgical  diseases  and  diseases  of  the 
skin  a  very  extensive  collection  of  Obstetrical  engravings 
and  highly  finished  and  coloured  engravings  of  the  blood- 
vessels. 

By  the  late  visit  to  Europe  of  the  Professor  in  this  depart- 
ment the  Anatomical  Museum  has  been  enriched  particu- 
larly by  a  large  and  excellent  collection  of  diseased  bone 
and  fine  models  in  wax  and  casts.  These  additions  with 
the  numerous  and  excellent  preparations  before  contained 
in  the  Museum,  make  it  as  good  a  collection  it  is  believed 
for  the  purposes  of  instruction  as  any  in  this  country. 
The  medical  Library  connected  with  the  institution  con- 
tains over  seven  hundred  volumes  text  books  and  elemen- 


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tary  works.  There  is  a  very  good  cabinet  of  minerals 
containing  about  1400  Specimens  among  them  are  some 
interesting  ones  from  Vesuvius  and  a  few  beautiful  speci- 
mens of  Fluor  Spar  from  England  also  specimen  of  the 
largest  know  Berryll  in  the  world  from  Acworth  in  this 
State. 

In  fact  almost  every  day  adds  something  to  the  specimens 
of  the  Medical  department  of  this  institution  and  at  no 
period  it  is  believed  has  this  institution  been  more  deserv- 
ing of  the  confidence  of  the  N.  H.  Med.  Society's  patronage 
of  the  public  and  Friends  of  the  healing  art. 
May  31.  1831  Submitted  Enos  Hoit. 

Voted  that  the  above  report  be  accepted. 
Adjourned  one  hour  to  tea.     Met  according  to  adjourn- 
ment. 

Dr.  ^lussey  gave  a  very  interesting  lecture  on  tight  lacing 
illustrating  the  principles  of  respiration  by  the  bones  of  a 
natural  thorax. 

Voted  to  adjourn  to  meet  tomorrow  morning  at  6  o.clock. 
June  1.     Met  according  to  adjournment. 
Unanimously  elected  James  S.  Fernald  M.  D.  of  Barring- 
ton  a  Fellow  of  this  Society.  Dr.  F.  being  present  took  his 
seat  in  the  Society 

Resolved  that  when  a  Fellow  of  this  society  resigns  his 
membership  in  the  district  society  to  which  he  belongs,  his 
membership  will  at  the  same  time  cease  in  this  Society. 
Resolved  that  it  be  the  duty  of  each  member  of  this  Society 
to  use  liis  influence  and  discourage  in  every  Avay  in  his 
power  any  young  gentleman  from  entering  the  study  of 
physic   without   an   education   that   would   entitle   him   to 
admission  as  a  member  at  Dartmouth  College. 
Voted  that  the  Secretary  procure  three  hundred  printed 
copies  of  the  By-Laws  with  the  alterations  at  the  expense 
of  the  society,  and  that  he  furnish  each  member  with  a 
copy 
Voted  to  adjourn. 

Attest       Moses  Long    Secretary. 


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The   Council  of  the   N.   H.   Medical   Society  met  at   the 
Phoenix  Hotel  June  5'^  1832  agreeably  to  publick  notice. 
Members  present,  Drs.   Mussey,   Gregg,   Chadbourne   and 
Long. 

Half  past  eight  O'clock  afternoon  adjourned  to  meet  at 
this  place  tomorrow  morning  at  eight  O'clock. 
June  6"^.     Met  according  to  adjournment. 
Resolved  that  the  Degree  of  Doctor  in  Medicine  conferred 
by  an  Institution  out  of  the  State  in  which  the  individual 
bearing  such  degree,   received  his  Medical  education,   be 
regarded  hereafter  by  this  Society  as  an  inadequate  license 
for  practice;  and  that  a  person  of  this  description,  before 
he  can  be  recognized  in  this  State  as  a  regular  practitioner, 
must  comply  with  the  requirements  prescribed  for  candi- 
dates for  licenses,  in  the  By-laws  of  this  Society. 
Voted  that  James  B.  Abbott,  M.  D.,  of  Loudon     John  C. 
Page  M.  D.  of  Gilmanton  and  Dr.  Joseph  B.  Eastman  of 
Concord   and   Dr.    David   M'Questen    of   Washington   be 
recommended  for  Fellowship  in  this  society. 
Drs.  Nathan  Sanborn  and  Amos  Twitchell  were  appointed 
orators  for  1833. 

Attest  Enoch  Hoyt  Secretary. 
At  a  Meeting  of  the  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society 
holden  at  the  Phoenix  Hotel,  Concord  June  6"^  1832. 
Members  present  Doctors  Mussey,  Twitchell,  Prescott, 
Long,  Chadbourne,  Gregg,  D.  Crosby,  N.  Sanborn,  Samuel 
Smith,  J.  P.  Elkins,  McCrillis,  Peach,  T.  Elkins,  Bartlett, 
Eastman,  Kittredge,  Carr,  Colby,  Wm.  Smith,  Abbott, 
Hill,  Straw,  J.  T.  Sanborn,  Doctor  Burns  and  Hoyt. 
The  President  and  Vice  President  being  absent.  Dr.  Mussey 
was  chosen  President  Pro.  Tem. 

The  Secretary  read  the  proceedings  of  the  preceding  meet- 
ing and  the  doings  of  the  Council. 

Voted  that  Drs.  Mussey,  Twitchell,  Prescott,  Chadbourne, 
and  Hoyt  be  a  Committee  to  examine  patients  and  make 
Prescriptions. 
Elected  the  following  Candidates:  Felloivs  of  this  Society 


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viz.  James  B.  Abbott  M.  D.  of  Loudon  and  Dr.  Joseph 
B.  Eastman  of  Concord. 

Voted  to  allow  an  account  to  Dr.  Long  amounting  to  $19.12 
Voted  that  Drs.  Kittredge,  Colby  and  Hoyt  be  a  Committee 
to  Audit  the  Treasurers  accounts. 
Voted  to  adjourn  one  hour. 
Met  according  to  adjournment. 

Elected  John  C.  Page  31.  D.  of  Gilmanton  a  Fellow  of 
this  Society. 

Voted  Drs.  Carr,  McCrillis  and  S.  Smith  be  a  Committee 
to  nominate  Councillors  and  Censors  for  the  ensuing  year. 
Voted  that  the  duties  of  the  Delegates  chosen  to  attend  the 
examination  of  candidates  for  Medical  Degrees  at  Dart- 
mouth College  shall  commence  the  December  succeeding 
the  annual  meeting  and  continue  in  office  one  year  and  it 
was. 

Resolved  that  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Delegates  to  trans- 
mit a  written  report  of  their  doings  to  the  Secretary  of  the 
Society  at  the  close  of  their  Term  of  Office  to  be  by  him 
laid  before  the  Society  at  the  ensuing  annual  meeting. 
The  Auditors  of  the  Treasurers  account  for  the  year  past 
Report  the  Balance  in  the  Treasury  last  year  was  $36.84. 
That  there  has  been  paid  into  the  Treasury  since  $38.00, 
making  an  aggregate  of  $84.84.  That  the  Treasurer  has 
paid  out  in  sundry  bills  for  which  Vouchers  were  exhibited 
$50.19,  leaving  in  his  hands  the  sum  of  $24.65 

Josiah   Kittredge 
Elijah  Colby 
Enos  Hoyt 

Which  report  was  accepted. 
Proceeded  to  the  choice  of  Officers 
Chose  Daniel  Oliver  M.  D.    President 
Thomas  P.  Hill  M.  D.    Vice  President 
Chose  Enos  Hoyt  M.  D.    Secretary 

"      Elijah   Colby    ]     Councellors  within  the  limits  of 
Job  Wilson  '     (     ^^^  Centre  District  N.  H.  Medical 
'     Society 


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John  McGregory    ]  ^^^^^^^  jy^ 

Truman  Abel  f 

John    S.    Fernald    |    ^^      fp    ^q  "n 

Richard  Russell        C 

Isaac  Tewksbury   )  ^    ,  .     .        ^ 

Israel  Gale  [  Eockmgham  Do. 

Matthias  Spalding  )  „     ^,         -r^ 
.^     .1*1  >  Southern  Do. 

Daniel  Adams  \ 

Peter  Bartlett  )  Censors  within  the  limits  of  the 

Dixi  Crosby       C   Centre  District 

Amos   Twitchell    )    ttt    j.        -rw 
^    ^     ^  ),    Western  Do. 

Luke  Howe  j 

John  McCrillis     ]  g^rafford  Do. 
Stephen  Drew       \ 

Israel  Gale  )  -d    i  •     r,       -r» 

(  Rockingham  Do. 

Isaac  Tewksbury    C 

Noah  Hardy       1  a     ^i         -r^ 
-,  ,      ^  I  Southern  Do. 

John  Ramsey       \ 

(Chose)  R.  D.  Mussey      )  --,     „^       -r. 
rs     ■  ^   r,i-  c  Grafton  Do. 

Daniel   Oliver      \ 

Chose  Dr.  Nathan  Sanborn   Treasurer 

"      Thos.  Chadbourne  M.  D.  Librarian 

Voted  that  the  proportion  of  books  in  the  hands  of  the 

Librarian  belonging  to  the  Rockingham  District  Medical 

Society  be  kept  separate  from  those  belonging  to  other 

districts. 

Chose  Moses  Long  M.  D.  and  Thomas  Chadbourne  M.  D. 

Delegates  to  attend  the  medical  examinations  of  Medical 

Students  at  Dartmouth  College. 

Voted  to  dispense  choosing  a  committee  of  Correspondence 

and  Library  Committee 

Wie's  Dilator  to  make  it  practicable  to  Extract  Calculi 

from  the  Female  bladder;  also  the  speculum  to  dilate  the 


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Vagina  to  have  an  occular  view  of  the  Os  Tincae  were  ex- 
hibited by  Professor  Mussey. 

Voted  to  adjourn  to  meet  tomorrow  at  eight  O'clock  A.M. 
Met  according  to  adjournment. 

A  dissertation  was  read  by  Dr.  Long  upon  the  Science  of 
Medicine. 

An  interesting  account  of  Epidemicks  that  had  occurred  the 
past  year  within  the  State  was  given  by  the  Fellows.  The 
Scarlatina  anginosa  had  prevailed  in  several  places  as 
reported  by  Drs.  Carr,  Sanborn,  Long,  Smith,  Chadbourne, 
Twitchell  and  McCrillis  also  a  malignant  epidemick  Fever 
as  reported  by  Dr.  Prescott. 

Resolved  there  be  a  Committee  of  enquirj^  and  correspon- 
dance  to  consist  of  five  Fellows  whose  duty  shall  be  to 
collect  information  respecting  the  cause,  contagiousness,  or 
infection  prevention  and  treatment  of  the  cJiolera  and  that 
it  shall  be  the  duty  of  every  Fellow  of  this  society  to  fur- 
nish the  committee  with  any  interesting  facts  they  have  or 
may  have  in  their  possession  and  that  in  case  the  disease 
should  prevail  among  us  prior  to  the  next  annual  meeting, 
the  committee  or  any  two  of  them  shall  be  empowered  to 
request  the  President  to  call  special  meetings  of  the  Society, 
and  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  committee  to  make  a  report 
at  the  next  annual  meeting.  The  resolution  was  unani- 
mously accepted  and  Drs.  IMussey,  Chadbourne,  Hoyt,  Wm. 
Prescott  and  Long  were  chosen  the  Committee. 

The  following  Resolution  was  adopted  by  vote  of  the 
Society  viz  that  it  is  the  duty  of  the  members  of  this 
Society  at  all  proper  times  to  explain  the  deleterious  effects 
of  habits  and  customs  which  are  injurious  to  health,  Par- 
ticularly of  intemperance  in  drink  in  diet  and  on  improper 
dress. 
Voted  to  dissolve  this  meeting. 

Attest      Enoch  Hoyt     Secretary. 

State  of  New  Hampshire 

We  the  Censors  of  the  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society 
duly  appointed  and  authorized  have  examined  Mr.  Thomas 


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W.  Wilson  of  Salisbury  in  the  County  of  Merrimack  a 
candidate  for  the  Practice  of  Physick  and  Surgery  and 
having  found  him  duly  qualified  at  date  July  4,  1831  do 
approve  and  license  him  a  practitioner  in  medicine  and 
Surgery  agreeably  to  law  in  that  case  made  and  provided. 

Enos   Hoyt      1  ^ 

„  >  Censors 

John   Carr       \ 

The  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society  unanimously  adopted 
the  following  Resolution  at  the  annual  meeting  June  6, 
1832  Viz.  That  the  degree  of  Doctor  in  Medicine  con- 
ferred by  an  Institution  out  of  the  State  in  which  the  indi- 
vidual bearing  such  degree  received  his  Medical  education 
be  regarded  hereafter  by  this  Society  as  an  inadequate 
license  for  practice;  and  that  a  person  of  this  description 
before  he  can  be  recognized  in  this  State  as  a  regular 
practitioner  must  comply  with  the  requirements  prescribed 
for  candidates  for  licenses,  in  the  by-laws  of  this  Society. 

Attest  Enos  Hoyt  Secretary. 
The  Council  of  the  Newhampshire  Medical  Society  met  at 
the  Phoenix  Hotel,  Concord,  on  Monday  June  S'"^  Anno 
Domini  1833  agreeably  to  notice  previously  given. 
Members  present  were  Drs.  Oliver  Mussey  Tilton  McGreg- 
ory  and  Hoyt  and  the  following  business  was  transacted, 
viz. 

1^'.  Resolved  that  the  Degree  of  Doctor  of  Medicine  con- 
ferred by  any  institution  which  does  not  require  the  full 
term  of  three  years  study  with  an  approved  practitioner 
or  practitioners  of  medicine  of  the  candidates  for  such 
Degree  shall  not  be  admitted  by  this  society  as  a  sufficient 
qualification  for  practice. 

2°^  Voted  that  Moses  Hill  M.  D.  of  Northwood  Anson 
Baracket  M.  D.  of  Haverhill  Elias  Frost  M.  D.  of  Plain- 
field  Dr.  John  Clough  of  Enfield  and  Dr.  Samuel  Rogers 
of  Plymouth  are  recommended  as  candidates  suitable  for 
fellowship  in  this  society. 

3'''^.  Voted  that  the  meeting  of  be  requested  to  adjourn 


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to  meet  at  the  Court  room  over  the  Town  Hall  at  eleven 
o'clock  A.  M.  to  hear  the  annual  address  of  the  President 
and  immediate  after  hearing  the  address  to  return  to  the 
business  of  the  Society. 

4"".  Voted  that   the   Council   recommend   the   following 
books,  viz. 

Richerand's,  Dunglison's,  Bostock's  Majendie's  Physiology. 
Bchats  Physiological  researches,  Philips  Enquiry  into  the 
Laws   of  Vital  Function,   Turner's   Henry's   Thompson's 
Chemistry  and  Brands  Manual  of  Chemistry  Hunter  on  the 
Blood  Thompson's  Lectures  on  inflammations.    Southwood 
Smith    and    Tweed    on    Fever.      Gregory's    Theory    and 
Practice,  Good's  study  of  Medicine. 
Williams  on  diseases  of  the  Lungs 
Laennec  on  Auscultation 
Taele  on  Neuralgia 
Tate  on  Hysteria 

Brousais  on  Chronick  inflammation 
Hastings  on  Diseases  of  the  mucous  membrane 
Ayre  on  Dropsy 
Blackwell  on  Do. 
Cook  on  nervous  diseases 
Prichard      Do.  Do. 

Wistars  Anatomy         Paxton's  Do. 

(kas) 
Meckel      Do.        Cioquet       Do. 
Coopers  First  lines  of  Surgery 
Coopers  Surgical  Dictionary 
Cooper  Sir  Astley's  Lectures  by  Tyrel 
Do.  on  Dislocations     Do.  on  Diseases  of  the  Female  Breast 
Eberle  and  Chapman  on  Materia  jMedica     Becks  medical 
Jurisprudence.    Christison  on  Poisons. 
On  Midwifery    Merriman,  Dewes,  Denman,  Ryan  &  Rams- 
botham 
Clarke  on  Diseases  of  Females 

5"^  Voted  that  the  Secretary  write  the  delinquent  officers 
or  members  of  the  several  District  societies  to  ascertain  the 


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state  and  condition  of  the  same  and  report  next  annual 
meeting. 

6"^  Voted  to  adjourn  to  meet  at  this  place  at  half  past 
nine  o'clock  tomorrow  morning. 

June  4'*'  Met  according  to  adjournment,  and  the  following 
business  was  transacted,  viz. 

VK  Voted  that  William  P.  Dewees  M.D.  of  Philadelphia  Pa 
Richard  Harlan  M.  D.  Do.  Do. 

Daniel  Drake  M.  D.  Cincinnati  Ohio 
are  recommended  for  Honorary  membership  to  this  society 

2°'^.  Voted  that  Doct.  John  Proctor's  arrearages  of  taxes 
are  recommend  to  be  remitted 

S"-"^  Voted  that  Doct.  Thomas  I.  Tibbetts  of  Wolfborough 
is  recommended  for  membership  to  this  society 

4'^  Voted   to   adjourn   to   meet   immediately    after   Dr. 
Mussey's  address  this  evening. 

Met  according  to  adjournment  and  appointed  Drs.  J.  C. 
Page  and  N.  Sanborn  Orators  for  1834 
Voted  to  dissolve  the  meeting  of  the  Council 

Attest        Enos  Hoyt      Secretary. 

At  the  Annual  Meeting  of  the  New  Hampshire  Medical 
Society  holden  at  the  Phoenix  Hotel  in  Concord  June  4"^ 
1833,  agreeably  to  publick  notice 

Members  present 

Drs.  A.  Crosby,  Mussey,  Oliver,  Bartlett,  Long,  J.  Wilson, 

Chadbourne,    Tilton,    D.    Crosby,   McGregory,    Straw,    N, 

Sanborn,  Peach,  Hill,  J.  Kittredge,  Carr,  E.  Colby,  Abbott, 

J.  C.  Page,  T.  Elkins,  Drew,  Libbey,  Gregg,  and  Hoyt. 

The  meeting  was  opened  by  the  President.     Proceedings 

of  the  preceding  meeting  were  read  by  the  Secretary  and 

also  communications  from  the  Secretaries  of  the  Centre, 

Grafton  and  Western  district  Societies. 

Dr.  Libbey 's  arrearages  of  taxes  were  remitted  by  a  vote 

of  the  Society. 

The  proceedings  of  the  Council  were  read. 

Proceeded  to  the  election  of  Fellows  and  Moses  Hill  M.  D. 


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of  Northwood,  Anson  Brackett  M.  D.  of  Haverhill,  Elias 
Frost  M.  D.  of  Plainfield,  and  Dr.  John  Clough  of  Enfield 
Dr.  Samuel  Rogers  of  Plymouth  and  Dr.  Thomas  J.  Tib- 
betts  of  Wolfsborough  were  elected 
Then  elected  Wm.  P.  Dewes  M.  D.  of  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
Richard  Harlan  M.  D.  Do.  Do. 

Daniel  Drake  M.  D.  Cincinnati  Ohio 
honorary  members  of  this  Society. 

The  Resolution  from  the  Council  passed  Viz.  That  the  meet- 
ing adjourn  to  the  Court  room  over  the  Town  Hall  at  eleven 
0  'elk  this  A.M.  to  hear  the  annual  address  of  the  President 
and  Doct.  Chadbourne  was  appointed  to  wait  on  the  Presi- 
dent and  accompany  him  to  the  court  house. 
Voted  to  adjourn  to  the  Court  House  to  meet  at  this  place 
immediately  after  the  address. 
Met   according  to   adjournment. 

Drs.  A.  Crosby,  Mussey,  and  McGregory  were  chosen  a  com- 
mittee to*  examine  Patients. 

Voted  to  accept  the  report  of  the  delegates  for  the  present 
year  so  far  as  reported  By  Drs.  Long  and  Chadbourne 
Viz.  "The  undersigned  being  chosen  by  the  N.  H.  Med. 
Society  to  attend  the  examinations  for  Medical  Students  at 
Dartmouth  College  would  respectfully  Report  that  agree- 
ably to  notice  from  Prof.  Mussey  we  went  to  Hanover  at 
the  close  of  the  last  term  of  lectures.  It  was  noticed  that 
of  the  ninety  four  names  of  Medical  Students  on  the  last 
catalogue,  about  thirty  remained  till  the  termination  of 
the  course  and  of  those,  nine  offered  themselves  as  candi- 
dates for  admission  to  practice.  The  examinations  were  in 
private  and  conducted  principally  by  the  Professors  of  the 
several  branches  to  which  they  have  more  particularly 
devoted  their  attention,  and  in  a  manner  as  to  fairness  and 
fidelity,  highly  satisfactory  to  your  delegation.  The  ex- 
aminations were  commenced  on  the  5'^^  of  Dec.  at  1  O'clock 
P.M.  and  closed  on  the  evening  of  the  6*"^  and  the  degree  of 
doctor  of  medicine  conferred  on  all  who  were  examined. 
We  are  happy  to  state  that  the  candidates  evinced  more 


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than  ordinary  readiness  in  answering  interrogatories 
throughout  the  examinations,  and  will,  no  doubt,  do  honour 
to  our  profession.  We  are  not  fully  prepared  to  draw  com- 
parisons between  the  advantages  of  this  and  Similar  insti- 
tutions in  our  country,  but  we  are  persuaded  there  is  no 
one  where  the  Study  of  Anatomy  is  pursued  more  thor- 
oughly and  rigoursly  than  at  this. 

Valuable  additions  appear  to  be  made  annually  to  the 
already  numerous  and  elegant  preparations  in  the  anatom- 
ical museum.  The  assiduity  and  zeal  manifested  by  the 
gentleman  at  the  head  of  this  branch,  is  deserving  of  high 
commendation  from  the  Medical  Profession  throughout  the 
State.  We  would  not  omit  to  notice  the  polite  attentions 
from  those  with  whom  we  have  had  the  honour  to  associate 
while  at  Hanover ;  that  if  we  may  be  allowed  to  infer  from 
what  we  witnessed,  there  are  not  wanting  opportunities  for 
strangers  to  enjoy  social  intercourses  as  well  as  intellectual 
entertainments. 

In  conclusion  we  would  call  the  attention  of  the  Society 
to  the  efforts  now  making  to  procure  for  the  Institution 
the  extensive  Cabinet  of  Minerals  belonging  to  the  Rev. 
Amos  J.  Cook  late  Preceptor  of  Fryeburg  Academy.  This 
Cabinet  consists  of  between  two  and  three  thousand  speci- 
mens of  rare  and  expensive  minerals  foreign  and  domestick. 
The  plan  of  transferring  the  whole  to  the  Medical  Institu- 
tion at  Hanover  originated  with  the  Hon  Daniel  Webster 
who  saw  it  about  a  year  since  while  on  a  visit  in  Maine. 
The  subscription  he  drew  up  which  at  first  met  with  very 
flattering  success,  has  at  length  come  to  a  stand  and  requires 
a  new  impulse  from  the  friends  of  the  Institution  or  the 
object  will  not  be  obtained.  Now  as  the  reputation  of  our 
Society  and  of  the  only  Medical  School  in  the  State  is  so 
very  intimately  connected,  that  the  prosperity  and  success 
of  the  one  can  hardly  be  promoted  or  retarded  without 
effecting  the  other,  the  objects  of  both  being  the  same,  viz. 
the  advancement  of  Medical  Science  and  the  improvement 
of  the  Profession,  the  idea  is  suggested  whither  as  a  society 


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in  our  corporate  capacity  we  should  not  be  known  in  this 
thing  and  contribute  our  mite  in  the  accomplishment  of  so 
desirable  an  object. 

M.  Long 

Tho.    Chadbourne 

Drs.  Chadbourne,  D.  Crosby  and  Long  were  appointed  a 
Committee  to  enquire  into  the  expediency  of  assisting  in 
purchasing  a  cabinet  of  Minerals  at  Fryburg  whose  report 
was  accepted,  To  wit.  That  the  Treasurer  of  this  Society 
be  authorized  to  subscribe  for  half  a  box  of  the  first  quality 
of  the  above  named  minerals  and  to  pay  the  sum  to  the 
agent  appointed  to  negotiate  the  sale  of  them. — for  the  use 
of  the  Medical  Institution  at  Dartmouth  College. 
Voted  to  adjourn  one  hour  to  dine. 
Met  according  to  adjournment 

The  following  resolution  was  passed  by  the  Society  viz. 
That  the  Degree  of  Doctor  of  Medicine  conferred  by  any 
Institution  which  does  not  require  the  full  term  of  three 
years  study  with  an  approved  practitioner  or  practitioners 
of  medicine  in  the  candidates  for  such  degree  shall  not  be 
admitted  by  this  Society  as  a  sufficient  qualification  for 
practice. 

Patients  were  admitted  and  examined  by  the  Society. 
The  Committee  to  Audit  the  Treasurer's  account  made  the 
following  accepted  report  viz. 

That  the  balance  in  the  Treasury  last  year  was  $24.65  That 
the  Treasurer  has  since  received  in  annual  Taxes  $50.00 
IMaking  an  aggregate  of  $74.65.  That  the  Treasurer  has 
paid  out  in  Sundry  bills  for  which  he  has  sufficient  vouch- 
ers, $35.36,  leaving  in  his  hands  the  sum  of  39.29. 

Auditors  Peter  Bartlett 

Timothy  Tilton 
James  Gregg. 

The  following  Medical  Books  are  recommended  Viz.  on 

Physiology 

Richerand,  Dunglison,  Bostock,  Majendie,  Bichat's  physi- 


Records  New  HAMPsnraE  Medical  Society       255 

ological  researches,  Philips  Enquiry  into  the  laws  of 
vital  functions. 
On  Chemistry 
Turner's,  Henry's,  Thompson's,  and  Brands  manuel. 
Hunter  on  the  blood,  Thompson 's  lectures  on  inflamma- 
tions, Southwood  Smith  on  Fever,  Tweed  Do.,  Gregory's 
Practice,  Good's  Study  of  Medicine,  William's  on  Diseases 
of  the  lungs,  Laennec  on  ausculation,  Teale  on  Neuralgia, 
Tate  on  Hysteria,  Brousais  on  chronick  inflammations, 
Hastings  on  diseases  of  the  mucous  membrane,  Ayre  and 
Blackall  on  dropsy.  Cook  and  Prichard  on  nervous  diseases, 
Wistar's  Paxton's,  Meckel  and  Cloquet's  Anatomy,  Coop- 
era  first  lines  of  Surgery,  Cooper  Surgical  Dictionary, 
Cooper  Sir  Astley's  lectures  by  Tyrel,  Do.  on  Dislocations, 
Do.  on  diseases  of  the  female  breast,  Beck's  Medical  Juris- 
prudence, Christison  on  poisons,  Merriman,  Dewes,  Den- 
man,  Ryan,  Ramsbotham  on  Midwifery,  Clark  on  diseases 
of  Females. 

Voted  Drs.  Long,  Bartlett,  and  Gregg  be  a  committee  to 
wait  on  the  President  and  present  him  the  thanks  of  the 
Society  for  his  eloquent,  able  and  ingenious  address  this 
day  delivered  before  this  Society  and  request  a  copy  for 
the  press  for  publication  at  the  expense  of  the  Society. 
The  request  was  complied  with. 

Dec.  1832  The  Delegates  appointed  to  attend  the  annual 
examination  of  candidates  for  Degrees  at  the  New  Hamp- 
shire Medical  Institution  Report,  That  fifteen  sustained 
the  examination  at  the  close  of  the  lecture  term  and  were 
recommended  for  Degrees.  The  whole  number  examined 
before  commencement  was  25.  Your  Delegates  were  pleased 
with  the  promptness  with  which  most  of  the  candidates 
answered  the  questions  proposed,  giving  convincing  proofs 
of  the  thorough  course  of  instruction  at  that  Institution, 
all  of  which  is  submitted  by 

Josiah  Kittredge 
Dixi  Crosby 

which  was  accepted  by  Vote  of  the  Society. 


256       Records  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society 

Proceeded  to  the  choice  of  officers  and  elected  by  ballot 

Daniel  Oliver,  M.  D.    President 

Moses  Long,  M.  D.    Vice-President. 

Voted  that  a  Committee  of  three  be  appointed  from  the 

chair  to  nominate  Counsellors  and  Censors,    the  Committee 

consisted  of  Drs.  Wilson,  Abbott  and  Gregg 

Voted  to   proceed  to  the  choice   of   Secretary   and*  chose 

Enos  Hoyt 

elected  Dr.  N.  Sanborn   Treasurer 

Thos.  Chadbourne  M.  D.     Librarian 

Voted  to  dispense  with  choosing  Library  Committee 

Voted  a  Committee  of  three  be  appointed  from  the  chair 

to   nominate    Delegates   to    Hanover   and   Drs.    Long,    D. 

Crosby  &   Colby  composed  the  Committee   who   reported 

Drs.  Gregg  and  N.  Sanborn  and  they  were  elected 

Voted  to  omit  choosing  officers  in  Rockingham  District 

The    Committee    to    nominate    officers    whose    report    was 

accepted  and  proceeded  to  ballot  for 

Councellors  and  elected 
Drs.  John  Carr 


Thos.  P.  Hill 
J.  B.  McGregory 
T.  Abell 
S.  Drew 
and  Livey 
Danl.  Adams 
J.  Ramsey 
R.  D.  Mussey 
T.  Tilton 


Peter  Bartlett 
Dixi  Crosby 
Amos  Twitchell 
Luke  Howe 
R.  Russell 
S.  Drew 


Centre  District 

Western         ' ' 

Stratford 

Southern        ' ' 

Grafton 
Censors  elected 
Centre  District 
Western         ' ' 
Strafford 


Records  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society       257 

Southern        ' ' 
Grafton 


M.  Spalding 
N.  Harding 

D.  Oliver 

E,  D.  Mussey 


Voted  to  adjourn  for  half  an  hour 
Met  according  to  adjournment 

Voted  that  the  Secretary  write  the  delinquent  officers  or 
members  of  the  district  Societies  to  ascertain  the  state  and 
condition  of  the  same  and  report  at  the  next  meeting. 
Voted  that  Doct,  N.  Sanborn  be  excused  from  reading  a 
dissertation  at  his  request  at  this  meeting. 
Voted  to  adjourn  to  meet  at  this  place  at  six  O'clock  tomor- 
row morning 

June  5*^  the  Society  met  at  6  O'clock  A.M.,  adjourned  for 
one  hour. 

Met  agreeable  to  adjournment. 

Dr.  Asa  Crosby  was  discharged  from  being  an  acting  mem- 
ber of  this  Society  and  was  elected  an  honourary  member. 
Voted  that  the  next  annual  meeting  of  the  Society  be  holden 
at  the  Phoenix  Hotel,  provided  that  it  shall  be  at  that  time 
a  "Temperance  House,"  if  not,  that  the  Secretary  appoint 
the  meeting  at  a  Temperance  House  in  this  village,  if 
suitable  accommodations  at  such  an  house  or  establishment 
can  be  had. 

Voted  that  Dr.  John  Proctor's  arrearages  of  Taxes  be 
remitted  during  his  sickness. 

The  Committee  chosen  to  report  on  Cholera  stated  that  it 
may  be  prevented,  perhaps  not  cured,  and  after  the 
drunkards  die  off  it  will  not  be  more  formidable  than 
Scarlitena. 

Professor  Mussey  gave  a  publick  address  to  a  large  audience 
showing  that  man  was  not  originally  designed  to  feed  on 
flesh  but  on  fruits  the  address  was  very  ingenious  and  inter- 
esting and  must  have  been  the  result  of  much  study 
Voted  to  dissolve  this  meeting  after  dining 

Attest      Enos  Hoyt    Secretary. 

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258       Records  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society 

State  of  Newhampshire 
This  may  certify  that  we  the  subscribers  Censors  of  the 
Newhampshire  Medical  Society  have  examined  Mr.  Otis 
French  of  Gilmanton  a  candidate  for  the  practice  of  medi- 
cine respecting  his  skill  and  knowledge  and  having  found 
him  duly  qualified  therein,  do  in  testimony  of  our  appro- 
bation hereunto  subscribe  our  names  at  Concord  this  4*** 
day  of  June  1833 

(Peter  Bartlett 

Censors   <^-r^•   •  /-«      u 
yDixi  Crosby 

Attest      Enos  Hoyt    Secretary 


State  of  Newhampshire 

We  the  Censors  of  the  Centre  District  Newhampshire  Medi- 
cal Society  have  this  day  examined  Mr.  Otis  Hoyt  of  North- 
field  in  this  State  in  the  different  branches  of  Medicine, 
Surgery,  Obstetricks  &c  and  reconmiend  him  as  qualified 
to  practice  in  those  branches 
Sanbornton  Jan.  15"^  1834 

Peter  Bartlett 


^.  .  „      ,  r  Censors 

Dixi  Crosby 


Attest    Enos  Hoyt     Secretary. 


At  a  Meeting  of  the  Council  of  the  Newhampshire 
Medical  Society,  Notified  and  holden  at  the  Phoenix  Hotel 
in  Concord  June  2^  1834 

Members  present 

Drs.  Carr,  McGregory%  Drew  and  Hoyt. 
The  president  being  absent  Dr.  John  Carr  was  chosen 
president  pro.  Tern. 

The  Council  propose  Moses  R.  Warren  M.  D.  of  Middleton, 
Jeremiah  Blake  M.  D.  of  Pittsfield  for  Fellowship  to  the 
Society. 


Recoeds  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society       259 

Voted  to  adjourn  to  meet  at  this  place  at  half  past  eight 
O'clock  tomorrow  morning. 
Met  according  to  adjournment  June  3*^. 
Resolved  That  we  deem  it  expedient  that  the  general  So- 
ciety adopt  some  measures  to  excite  more  interest  in  the 
district  Societies  to  bring  more  young  practitioners  into 
the  districts  and  State  Society;  also  to  secure  more  prompt 
attendance  of  meetings;  likewise  to  encourage  and  sustain 
the  Medical  Institution  in  our  State. 

The  Council  propose  Richard  Williams  M.D.  of  Milford, 
Nathaniel  Leavitt  M.D.  of  Croydon  George  W.  Kittredge 
M.D.  Samuel  W.  Dow  M.D.  Joseph  H.  Smith  M.D.  of 
Dover  Oliver  W.  Austin  M.D.  of  Somersworth  Thomas  W. 
Wilson  of  Salisbury,  David  Wells  M.D.  of  Deerfield  for 
Fellowship. 

Voted  to  adjourn  to  meet  at  the  discretion  of  the  President 
and  Secretary  during  the  meeting  of  the  Society. 
The  Council  met  agreeably  to  adjournment  and  propose 
Dr.  Eber  Carpenter  of  Alstead  Harvey  Carpenter  M.D. 
of  Chesterfield  and  Calvin  Hubbard  M.D.  of  Nelson  for 
Fellowship  also  John  S.  Elliott  M.D.  of  Pittsfield. 

adjourned 
June  4^^  Met  and  Voted  that  Dr.  Wm.  Prescott  be  honour- 
ably discharged  from  the  Newhampshire  ]\Iedieal  Society 
agreeably  to  his  request  having  removed  out  of  the  State 
Drs.  Dousman  or  Batchelder  and  Livy  are  appointed 
Orators  at  the  next  annual  meeting  in  June  1835. 
The  Council  propose  Drs.  Samuel  Long  of  Plymouth, 
Alonzo  Whipple  and  Simeon  D.  Colbourne  for  Fellowship 
to  this  Society 

Attest  a  True  Copy 

Enos  Hoyt 

Secretary. 

At  the  Annual  Meeting  of  the  Newhampshire  Medical 
Society  holden  at  the  Phoenix  Hotel  in  Concord  June  8^ 
1834 


260       Records  New  Hampshire  ]\Iedical  Society 

Members  Present 

Drs.  ]\Iussey,  Long,  Chadbourne,  Carr,  Gregg, 
Colby,  McGregory,  D.  Crosby,  Batelielder,  Dousman,  N. 
Sanborn,  J.  Hutchinson,  M.  Hill,  Livey,  Drew,  Abbott,  S. 
Merrill,  Abell,  Straw,  Proctor,  Lane,  T.  Elkins,  and  Hoyt. 
The  President  being  absent  the  meeting  was  opened  by 
the  Secretary  and  Prof.  Mussey  was  chosen  President 
Pro.  Tem. 

The  minutes  of  the  last  meeting  were  read  by  the  Secretary. 
The  Vice  President  appeared  and  took  his  seat. 
The  doings  of  the  Council  were  read. 

Voted  to  proceed  to  the  election  of  Fellows  and  Moses  R. 
Warren  M.D.  of  Middleton,  Jeremiah  Blake  M.  D.  of 
Pittsfield,  Richard  Williams  M.  D.  of  Milford  on  condition 
he  is  an  associate,  Nathaniel  Leavitt  M.D.  of  Croydon, 
George  W.  Kittridge  M.  D.,  Samuel  W.  Dow  M.D.  Joseph 
H.  Smith  M.D.  of  Dover,  Oliver  W.  Austin  M.D.  of  Som- 
ersworth,  Thomas  W.  Wilson  of  Salisbury,  David  Wells 
M.D.  of  Deerfield,  Eber  Carpenter  of  Alstead  Harvey 
Carpenter  M.D.  Chesterfield  and  Calvin  Hubbard  of  Nelson 
were  elected. 

Drs.  McGregory  &  Crosby  were  appointed  a  Committee  to 
wait  on  members  elect  and  introduce  them  to  the  Society 
and  Drs.  M.  Hill  and  Blake  took  their  seat  with  us  and 
received  Certificates  of  membership. 

The  minutes  from  the  District  Societies  were  read  and 
accepted,  with  a  provision. 

Voted  Dr.  Mussey  be  requested  to  make  such  remarks  to  the 
Society  instead  of  the  President  who  is  necessarily  absent 
as  he  shall  judge  proper  on  any  professional  subject. 
Voted  to  invite  any  professional  gentleman  if  they  chose 
to  be  present. 

Dr.  N.  Sanborn  read  a  very  good  dissertation  upon  the 
improvement  of  our  profession. 

Prof.  Mussey  then  addressed  the  Society  upon  the  subject 
of  Phrenology  presenting  arguments  rendering  the  doctrine 


Records  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society       261 

of  Staal  and  Spurzheim  doubtful  which  was  listened  to 
very  attentively  by  all  present. 

Voted  to  choose  a  Committee  to  examine  patients  and  Drs. 
Mussey,  Chadbourne  and  McGregory  were  chosen. 
Voted  Dr.  Elliott  be  invited  to  dine  with  the  Society. 
Adjourned  for  one  hour 
Met  according  to  adjournment. 

The  Council  propose  John  S.  EUiott  M.D.  of  Pittsfield 
and  he  was  elected  and  introduced  by  Dr.  Abbott  and  he 
received  his  certificate  of  membership. 
A  machine  to  make  pills  was  brought  before  the  Society 
and  Drs.  Chadbourne,  Carr  &  Abbott  were  appointed  a 
Committee  to  examine  the  machine  and  report  their  opinion 
as  to  the  utility  of  its  use. 

The  Committee  appointed  to  examine  the  machine  for  mak- 
ing Pills  report  that  in  their  opinion  the  machine  presented 
to  the  society  is  a  great  improvement,  is  decidedly  superior 
to  anything  of  the  kind  they  have  seen  and  combining  all 
the  necessary  properties  for  which  it  is  intended  to  be  used. 

Tho.  Chadbourne 

for  the   Committee 

Voted  the  subject  be  discharged. 

The  Society  adopted  the  resolution  of  the  Council  to  pro- 
mote the  interest  of  the  Profession  in  our  State 
Proceeded  to  the  choice  of  ofiicers  and 
R.  D.  Mussey  M.D.  was  elected  President 
J.  B.  McGregory  M.D.    Vice-President 
Drs.  Straw,  Drew,  Dousman,  Hutchinson  &  Mussey  were 
chosen  a  Committee  to  nominate  Counsellors  and  Censors 
Enos  Hoyt  M.D.  was  elected  Secretary 
Nathan  Sanborn  M.D.     Treasurer. 
Thos.  Chadbourne  M.D.    Librarian 
Voted  to  dispense  with  Library  Committee 
Voted  to  dispense  choosing  Committee  of  Correspondence 
Chose  Drs.  Crosby,  Carr  and  N.  Sanborn  to  nominate  dele- 
gates to  attend  the  Medical  examinations  at  D.  CoUege 


262       Records  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society 

Chose  Drs.  Colby,  Abell  and  Livey  to  audit  the  Treasurers 
account. 

Report.  The  Auditors  of  the  Treasury  for  the  year  past 
report  that  the  balance  in  the  Treasury  on  the  last  settle- 
ment was  $39.29.  Received  since  in  annual  Taxes  $50.00 
making  an  aggregate  credit  of  $89.29.  That  the  Treasurer 
has  paid  out  in  sundry  bills  from  which  he  has  vouchers 
to  the  amount  of  $48.25,  and  that  there  now  remains  in  his 
hands  $41.04 

E.  Colby 
David  T.  Livy 
Truman  Abell 
Attest    True  Copy 
E.  Hoyt  Secretary 

The  Committee  to  nominate  Counsellors  and  Censors  pro- 
pose for  the  Council 

Drs.  Chadbourne  &  N.  Sanborn  Centre  District 

Drs.  Abell  and  Webber  Western  District 

Drs.  J.  McCrillis  and  S.  W.  Dow  Strafford  District 

Drs.  M.  Spaulding  and  Danl.  Adams  Southern  District 

Drs.  Oliver  and  T.  Tilton  Grafton  District. 

Censors. 

Drs.  Long  and  Gregg  Centre  District 

"    Twitehell  &  Howe  Western 

"    D.  T.  Livey  and  T.  J.  Tebbetts  Strafford       " 

"    N.  Hardy  &  A.  P.  Grovsner  Southern 

"    R.  D.  Mussey  and  T.  Tilton  Grafton 

The  report  was  accepted  and  they  were  elected. 
The  Committee  to  nominate  deligates  to  the  Medical  exam- 
inations at  Hanover  made  the  following  report  Viz.    Your 
Committee  report  the  following  as  delegates   D.  T,  Livey 
M.D.  Jacob  Straw  M.D.        D.  Crosby  for  the  Committee 
Which  was  accepted  and  they  were  elected. 
In  the  abstract  of  the  proceedings  of  the  Strafford  Dis- 


Records  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society       263 

trict  at  their  annual  meeting  in  Feb.  1834  The  following 
was  not  accepted  by  the  general  Society 
Viz.  It  was  voted  the  following  members  be  discharged 
from  this  Society  Caleb  Morse,  Saml.  Pray,  Robert  Wood- 
bury, Asa  Crosby,  Nathl.  Low,  Joseph  Hammons,  Charles 
White,  Ichabod  Shaw,  Reuben  Buck,  Moses  Colby,  Thomas 
Lindsay  Jr.,  Asahall  Dearborn,  Richard  Russell,  Daniel 
Mowe,  Jonath.  Woodbury  &  John  B.  Elliott,  discharged 
for  non  attendance  &  non  payment  of  assessments. 
The  above  minutes  were  deferred  until  next  meeting  to 
give  Strafford  district  an  opportunity  to  reconsider  their 
vote. 

"Voted  to  adjourn  for  one  hour 
Met  according  to  adjournment 

Voted  to  accept  the  minutes  of  the  abstracts  of  the  dis- 
trict Societies  with  the  exception  in  Strafford  district. 
Voted  to  adjourn  to  meet  at  this  place  at  half  past  seven 
O'clock  Tomorrow  morning. 
JuneS"     Met  according  to  adjournment. 
Voted  that  Dr.  Dixi  Crosby  be  an  agent  to  confer  with 
medical  gentlemen  residing  within  the  limits  of  the  eastern 
district,  mth  discretionary  power  to  associate  them  for 
the  purpose  of  reorganizing  said  district  Society  provided 
the  charter  and  records  can  be  found. 
Dr.  Chadbourne  who  was  appointed  to  procure  a  copy  for 
each  Fellow  presented  28  copies 

Dr.  N.  Sanborn  was  appointed  a  Committee  to  ascertain 
relative  to  the  address  which  was  accepted. 
Dr.  J.  C.  Page  was  excused  from  his  duty  as  orator  ap- 
pointed last  year,  on  account  of  ill  health. 
The  Committee  reported  that  the  Treasurer  had  paid  $25. 
Towards  the  purchase  of  Minerals  for  Dartmouth  Col- 
lege which  was  accepted. 

Voted  that  Dr.  Farringdon  give  an  address  at  the  next 
annual  meeting  upon  the  case  that  occurred  in  his  prac- 
tice of  a  diseased  heart  &  lungs. 

Prof.  Mussey  addressed  the  Society  upon  the  subject  of 
fruit  eating 


264       Records  New  Hampshire  IMedical  Society 

Samuel  Long  M.D.  of  Plymouth  was  elected  a  Fellow  of 

this  Society 

Dr.  Otis  Hoyt  was  in\4ted  to  dine  vnth.  the  Society. 

Voted  to  adjourn  for  half  an  hour 

Met  according  to  adjournment 

The   society   adopted   the   following  resolution 

Viz    Resolved  that   in   the   opinion   of  this   Society  that 

fermented  drinks  are  injurious  to  people  in  health  and 

that  their  use  ought  to  be  discountenanced 

Alonzo  Wliipple  M.D.  and  Simeon  D.   Coulbourne  M.D. 

were  elected  fellows  of  this  Society. 

Voted  to  dissolve  this  meeting. 

Attest 

Enos  Hoyt 
Secretary. 


State  of  Newhampshire 


We  the  Censors  of  the  Newhampshire  Medical  Society  have 
this  day  examined  Mr.  Elijah  Blaisdell  of  Boscawen  in 
this  State  in  the  different  branches  of  Medicine  Surgery 
&  Obstetricks  and  do  recommend  him  as  qualified  to  prac- 
tice in  those  branches 
Concord,  June  3^"^  1834  Dixi  Crosby      ] 

David  T.  Livy  ^  Censors 


Stephen   Drew 


Attest    Enos  Hoyt 

Secretary. 


Richard  Williams  J\I.  D.  of  Milford  Dr.  Eber  Carpenter 
of  Alstead  Harvey  Carpenter  M.D.  of  Chesterfield  and  Na- 
thaniel Leavitt  M.D,  of  Croydon  have  accepted  of  their 
election,  have  paid  their  initiation  fee  and  have  received 
Certificates  of  membership. 

Attest     Enos  Hoyt  Secretary 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Council  of  the  Newhampshire 


Records  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society       265 

Medical  Society  holden  at  the  Phoenix  Hotel  in  Concord 
June  1"   1835  agreeably  to  notice 

Met  and  adjourned  to  meet  tomorrow  morning  at  8 
O'clock. 

June  2**  Met  agreeably  to  adjournment 
The  Council  propose  Luther  V  Bell  M.D.  of  Derry  Asa 
Hield  M.D.  of  Dublin  Silas  Cummings  M.D.  of  Fitzwil- 
liam,  Timothy  0.  Lane  M.D.  of  Sullivan  Charles  Chase 
M.  D.  of  Chichester  and  Charles  Whitney  M.  D.  of  Troy 
for  Fellowship  to  the  N.  H.  Medical  Society 
Members  present  Drs.  Mussey  Chadbourne  Tilton  Abell 
M'Crillis  Drew  &  Hoyt 

The  Council  propose  that  professor  Mussey  President  of 
the  Society  be  requested  to  give  a  public  address  this 
evening  at  the  Town  Hall  instead  of  the  usual  address 
from  the  President  at  12  O'clock  m. 

The  Council  recommend  that  Dr.  M.  Long's  request  for 
dismissal  from  membership  from  the  State  Medical  So- 
ciety be  complied  with 

Voted  to  adjourn  to  meet  at  the  call  of  the  President  & 
Secretary 

June  S^    met  and  appointed  Drs.  Dousman  of  Keene  & 
James  Batchelder  of  Marlborough  orators  for  1836 
Voted  to  dissolve 

Attest    En  OS  Hoyt  Secretary. 

At  the  Annual  Meeting  of  the  Newhampshire  Medical  So- 
ciety holden  at  the  Phoenix  Hotel  in  Concord  June  2"  1835 
duly  notified 

Members  Present 

Drs.  Mussey,  McCrillis,  Howe,  Tilton,  Dousman,  Drew, 
Abell,  Chadbourne,  N.  Sanborn,  S.  Dow,  Gregg,  Proctor, 
Carr,  Abbott,  Blake,  Bartlett,  T.  P.  Hill,  Tewksbury,  Lane 
of  Candia,  Kittridge,  J.  P.  Elkins,  Morrison,  T,  Elkins,  T. 
Wilson,  Colby  and  Hoyt 
Meeting  opened  by  the  President. 

The  minutes  of  the  last  meeting  were  read  by  the  Secre- 
tary. 


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Voted  the  President  be  requested  to  give  a  public  ad- 
dress this  evening 

Proceeded  to  the  election  of  Fellows  &  Luther  V  Bell 
M.D.  of  Derry,  Asa  Hield  M.D.  of  Dublin,  Silas  Cum- 
mings,  M.D.  of  Fitzwilliam  Timothy  0.  Lane  M.D.  of 
Sullivan,  Charles  Chase  M.  D.  of  Chichester,  Jolin  L.  Fi- 
field  M.D.  of  Sutton,  &  Charles  Whitney  M.  D.  of  Troy 
were  elected. 

Drs.  Bell,  Fifield,  Wells,  Kittridge  &  S.  Dow  appeared  and 
took  a  seat  Aoth  the  Society. 

Voted  to  choose  two  Committees  consisting  of  three  to 
each,  whose  duty  it  shall  be  to  report  the  disease  of  all 
patients  who  may  come  before  the  Society  &  the  remedies 
prescribed,  who  are  also  instructed  to  give  no  prescription 
to  patients  other  than  Sealed  up  and  directed  to  a  regular 
physician  and  choose  Drs  Howe  Bartlett  Dousman,  and 
Drs  S.  Dow,  Abell  &  Gregg  and  Professor  IMussey  was 
added  as  council  of  reference. 

Voted  to  excuse  Dr.  Dousman  from  giving  his  address 
Dr.  Dixi  Crosby  was  chosen  to  give  the  character  of  Dr. 
Livey  of  Wolfsbro,  late  a  Fellow  of  this  Society  deceased 
To  be  read  at  the  next  annual  meeting 
Keports  from  the  Strafford,  Centre,  Southern  and  West- 
ern Districts  were  read  &  accepted 

Drs.  Thos.  P.  Hill  Carr  and  Blake  were  appointed  auditors 
who  reported  the  Treasurer's  accounts  are  correctly  kept 
reference  may  be  had  in  his  Book. 

Voted  to  adjourn  for  one  hour. 

]\Iet  agreeably  to  adjournment. 
The  subject  upon  the  abstract  from  the  minutes  from  the 
Strafford  District  society  taken  up  so  far  as  related  to 
erasing  the  associates  from  membership. 
Voted  Dr.  McCrillis  be  a  Committee  to  investigate  the  Sub- 
ject and  report  at  our  next  meeting. 

Drs.  D.  Crosby  &  I.  Tewksbury  chosen  &  clothed  with 
power  to  reorganize  the  Rockingham  district  but  in  case 
of  a  failure  to  recal  the  records  Chart  &  Library  &  re- 
port at  next  meeting 


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The  following  report  from  the  Delegates  for  medical  ex- 
aminations at  Hanover  was  accepted 
Viz.  In  discharge  of  the  duties  devolving  on  me  as  a  dele- 
gate of  the  N.  H.  Medical  Society  to  the  Medical  Insti- 
tution at  Dartmouth  College,  I  spent  three  weeks  of  the 
lecture  Term  at  that  Institution,  eighteen  years  had 
elapsed  since  I  attended  lectures  there  and  my  expecta- 
tions formed  from  report  were  much  more  than  real- 
ized in  the  increase  of  facilities  afforded  for  obtaining 
a  finished  medical  education.  They  had  a  very  respect- 
able medical  class  of  one  hundred  students.  I  was  pres- 
ent at  the  examination  of  fourteen  candidates.  They  gen- 
erally acquitted  themselves  in  a  manner  honourable  to 
themselves  and  the  Institution,  everything  evinces  an  ad- 
vancement worthy  the  Spirit  of  the  age,  few  kindred  insti- 
tutions it  is  believed,  all  circumstances  considered,  afford 
better  encouragement  to  the  Student,  who  wishes  actually 
to  be  what  he  would  be  thought  to  be.  From  the  faithful 
manner  in  which  the  duties  of  the  Several  Professors  are 
performed,  I  am  persuaded  it  would  be  difficult  for  a 
Student  to  pass  the  usual  course  of  instruction  here  with- 
out profiting  by  it  or  receive  the  honours  of  the  Institu- 
tion without  deserving  them. 

Nathan  Sanborn 
Henniker  June  2'  1835 

The  Subscriber  associate  delegate  with  Dr.  Sanborn  at- 
tended one  day  on  examination  of  Candidates  for  degrees 
at  Dartmouth  College  and  made  such  other  examinations 
as  time  and  opportunity  permitted  and  cheerfully  accords 
with  the  within 
June  2'  1835  James  A.  Gregg  delegate 

Proceeded  to  the  choice  officers 

R.  D.  Mussey  was  chosen  President 

J,  B.  McGregory  Vice  President 

Enos  Hoyt  Secretary 

Nathan  Sanborn  Treasurer 

Drs.  Bartlett  Sanborn  &  Tewksbury  were  chosen  a  Com- 


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mittee  to  nominate  Counsellors  and  Censors  whose  report 
was  accepted  and  the  following  were  elected  Viz  for  the 
Council 

Centre  District 

Thos.  Chadbourne     N.  Sanborn 

Western  District 

Amos  Twitchell     Luke  Howe 

Strafford  District 

John  McCrillis     S.  Dow 

Southern  District 

N.  Hardy    A.  P.  Grovsner 

Grafton  District 

D.  Oliver     T.  Tilton 

Censors. 

J.  A.  Gregg  &  P.  Bartlett  Centre  District 

J.  B,  Dousman  &  Dr.  Batch  Ider  Western 

J.  P.  Elkins  &  T.  J.  Tebbetts,  Strafford 

M.  Spaulding  &  J.  Wallace  Southern 

D.  Oliver  &  R.  D.  Mussey  Grafton 

Enos  Hoyt  chosen  Committee  of  correspondence. 

Voted  to  chose  Substitutes  to  delegates  at  the  medical  ex- 
aminations at  Hanover 

Drs  Gregg  Sanborn  &  Dousman  were  chosen  a  Committee 
to  nominate  Delegates  &  Substitutes 

Report   John   B.   Dousman   &   J.   Abbott   Delegates       T. 
Abell  &  E.  Colby  Substitutes  &  they  were  chosen. 
Voted  to  adjourn  for  half  an  hour 
Met  agreeable  to  adjournment 

Voted  that  Dr.  Moses  Long  be  honourably  dismissed  from 
this  Society  agreeably  to  his  request  for  a  dismissal  he  hav- 
ing retired  from  the  practice  of  medicine. 
Voted  to  adjourn  to  meet  tomorrow  morning  at  7  O'clock 
June  3*^  met  agreeable  to  adjournment 


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Report  of  Patients  accepted 

An   interesting   discussion  upon  fermentation   closed   the 

present  interesting  meeting  of  the  Society 

Voted  to  dissolve  the  meeting 

Attest    Enos  Hoyt  Secretary. 

State  of  Newhampshire 

We  the  Censors  of  the  N.  H.  Medical  Society  have  ex- 
amined Ephraim  S.  Frost  of  Swansey  in  the  County  of 
Cheshire  a  Candidate  for  the  practice  of  Physick  &  Surgery 
&  having  found  him  qualified  do  approve  &  license  him  a 
practitioner  of  medicine  &  Surgery  agreeably  to  law  in  that 
case  made  &  provided 

Dated  at  Keene  this  7"  day  of  May  A.  D.  1823 

Amos   Twitchell      ]  ~ 
Charles  G.  Adams  ^ 
Attest 

Enos  Hoyt  Secretary. 

State  of  New  Hampshire 

We  the  Censors  of  the  N.  H.  Medical  Society  have  ex- 
amined James  F.  Sargent  of  HopMnton  in  the  County  of 
Merrimack  a  Candidate  for  the  practice  of  medicine  and 
Surgery  &  having  found  him  duly  qualified  do  approve 
and  license  him  a  Practitioner  of  medicine  &  Surgery 
agreeably  to  law  in  that  case  made  &  provided 
Given  under  our  hands  &  dated  this  26'*'  day  of  Feby 
A.D.  1836 

James  A.  Gregg|  p. 
Peter  Bartlett     \  ^''''''''^ 
Attest    Enos  Hoyt  Secretary. 

Auditors  Report  1835 
The  auditors  of  the  Treasurers  accounts  for  the  past 
~  year  have  attended  to  their  duty  and  report  that  the  bal- 
ance in  the  Treasury  last  year  was  $41.04  That  the 
Treasurer  has  since  received  in  annual  Taxes  $56.00  mak- 
ing an  aggregate  credit  of  $97.04     That  the  Treasurer 


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lias  paid  out  in  Sundry  Bills  for  which  he  exhibits  vouch- 
ers $78.39     leaving  a  balance  in  his  hands  of  $18.65 

Thos.  P.  Hill 
Jolin  Carr 
Jeremiah  Blake 
Attest  Enos  Hoyt  Secretary 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Council  of  the  Newhampshire  Medical 
Society  holden  at  the  Phoenix  Hotel  in  Concord  on  the 
thirtieth  day  of  May  A.D.  1836  agreeably  to  previous  No- 
tice. 

The  President  Professor  Mussey  presiding. 
Members  present  Drs  Mussey  Tilton  Chadbourne  and  Hoyt 
The  Council  do  recommend  that  the  Society  request  the 
President  to  give  his  annual  address  at  the  Unitarian  Meet- 
inghouse Tomorrow  at  4  O'clock  in  the  afternoon 
The  Council  propose  for  election  to  fellowship  of  this  So- 
ciety Drs  Otis  Hoyt  of  Mason  and  David  Flanders  of  Lon- 
donderry 

Adjourned  to  meet  tomorrow  morning  at  nine  0  'clock 
Attest     Enos  Hoyt  Secretary 
May  31^' 

Met  agreeable  to  adjournment 
Present  The  President  Drs  Tilton  Chadbourne  N.  Sand- 
born  S.  Dow  and  Hoyt 

The  Council  propose  for  Membership  Drs.  Wm.  Brown  of 
Chester  James  Peterson  of  Weare  Micah  Eldridge  of  Dun- 
stable Hezekiah  Eldridge  of  Pembroke. 
Voted  to  appoint  a  Committee  to  investigate  the  Subject 
of  reports  of  immoralities  which  are  in  circulation  against 
Dr  James  A.  Gregg  of  Hopkinton  a  fellow  of  this  Society. 
Voted  the  nomination  come  from  the  chair  and  Drs  Chad- 
bourne Sanborn  and  Dow  were  nominated  and  chosen. 
Voted  to  adjourn  to  meet  at  the  call  of  the  President. 
Met  and  propose  Drs  Eichard  P.  J.  Tenney  of  Loudon  and 
Elijah  Blaisdell  of  Boscawen  for  an  election  to  Fellowship. 
Adjourned.     Attest    Enos  Hoyt,  Secretary 


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June  1^'    J\Iet  and  recommended  Dr.  Noah  Martin  of  Dover 
for  Fellowship 

The  Council  appointed  Drs  Moses  Hill  of  North- 
wood  and  James  Batchelder  of  Marlborough 
orators  for  1837 

Voted  to  dissolve  the  meeting- 
Attest  a  True  Copy 

Enos  Hoyt  Secretary. 

At  the  Annual  Meeting  of  the  Fellows  of  the  Newhampshire 
Medical  Society  legally  notified  and  holden  at  the  Phoenix 
Hotel  at  Concord  on  the  Thirty  first  day  of  May  A.D.  1836 
The  meeting  was  opened  in  due  form  by  the  President 

Members  present 

Drs  Mussey  Tilton  D  Crosby  J.  B.  Abbott 
Carr  Chadbourne  J.  Batchelder  E.  Colby  N  Sanborn, 
Straw,  J.  C.  Page,  Wells,  J.  B.  M 'Gregory,  J.  P.  Elkins,  L. 
V.  Bell  S.  Dow,  M.  Hill  and  Hoyt 

Voted  that  Professor  Mussey  President  of  the  Society  be 
requested  to  give  the  annual  address  this  afternoon  at  four 
O'clock  in  the  Unitarian  Meetinghouse 
Voted  that  notice  of  the  address  be  given  at  the  expense  of 
the  Society  by  handbills  and  Choose  Dr.  Chadbourne  for 
the  same. 

The  Society  proceeded  to  the  election  of  Fellows  and  Dr. 
Otis  Hoyt  of  Mason,  David  Flanders  M.D.  of  Londonderry 
James  Peterson  M.D.  of  Weare,  Dr  Micali  Eldridge  of 
Dunstable  Hezekiah  Eldridge  M.D.  of  Pembroke  Dr.  Jacob 
Williams  without  the  usual  initiation  fee  in  consequence  of 
his  having  formerly  been  a  Fellow  Dr.  Wm.  Brown  of 
Chester  Richard  P.J.  Tenney  M.D.  of  Loudon  Dr.  Elijah 
Blaisdell  of  Boscawen  and  Noah  Martin  M.D.  of  Dover 
were  elected  Fellows  of  the  Society. 

Drs.  0.  Hoyt  M.  Eldridge,  Flanders  H.  Eldridge  Peterson, 
Blaisdell,  Tenney  &  Martin  appeared  and  took  a  seat  with 
the  Society. 


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Voted  to  accept  the  reports  from  the  Centre,  Strafford, 
Grafton  and  Western  destrict  Societies  as  furnished  by 
their  Secretaries. 

The  Committee  appointed  to  reorganize  the  Rockingham 
District  Medical  Society  Report  that  the  same  is  reorgan- 
ized under  favorable  auspices  which  report  was  accepted 
and  the  Committee  discharged. 

Voted  that  Dr  Sawyer  of  Gilford  be  admitted  to  an  ex- 
amination for  a  license  to  practice  medicine  by  a  suspension 
of  the  usual  course. 

Drs  Batchelder  and  Dousman  were  excused  from  giving 
their  dissertations  having  given  satisfactory  reasons  for 
not  fulfilling  their  appointments. 

Drs  Batchelder,  N.  Sanborn  Bell  M 'Gregory  Crosby  and 
Colby  were  appointed  a  Committee  nominated  from  the 
chair  to  examine  patients  and  Dr,  Mussey  was  appointed  a 
Committee  of  Reference  on  the  subject  of  Patients. 
Voted  to  adjourn  for  one  hour. 
Met  agreeable  to  adjournment. 

Choose  Drs  Chadbourne  Bell  and  Colby  a  Committee  to 
audit  the  Treasurer's  account,  who  reported  the  following 
Viz 

The  Auditors  of  the  Treasurer's  Accounts  for  the  past  year 
have  attended  to  that  duty  and  report  that  the  balance 
in  the  treasury  last  year  was  $18.65.  That  the  Treasurer 
has  since  received  in  annual  Taxes  $65.00  amounting  to 
$85.65.  They  also  find  the  Treasurer  has  paid  out  in  sun- 
dry Bills  $47.15,  leaving  a  balance  in  his  hands  of  $38.50. 
We  find  the  accounts  correctly  cast  and  properly  vouched. 

I'Thos.    Chadbourne 
Committee  ^  Luther  V.  Bell 
[Elijah  Colby 
Attest    Enos  Hoyt  Secretary 

Drs  D  Crosby  N  Sanborn  and  J  B  Abbott  were  appointed 
a  Committee  to  nominate  officers  for  the  year  ensuing  and 
the  nomination  was  made  by  the  chair. 


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Voted  Dr  J  C  Page  be  a  Committee  to  collect  and  read 

minutes  to  be  recorded  of  the  professional  character  of  Dr 

Asa  Crosby  late  a  Fellow-  of  this  Society. 

Voted  to  adjourn  until  tomorrow  at  7  O'clock  A.M.  at  this 

place 

June  1^'  1836     Met  Agreeable  to  adjournment. 

The  Committe  chosen  to  nominate  officers  of  the  Society 

for  the  ensuing  year  made  the  following  report  which  was 

accepted     Viz. 

R.  D.  Mussey  M.D.  President 

J.  B.  M 'Gregory  M.D.     Vice  President 

Enos  Hoyt  M.D.     Secretary 

Nathan  Sanborn  M.D.  Treasurer 

Dixi  Crosby     M.D.)  Councellors  for  the 

Jacob    Straw   M.D.C  Centre  District 

A.  Twitchell  M.D.  J  Councellors  for  the 

Luke  Howe  M.D.      C  Western  District 

John  P.  Elkins  M.D.^  Councellors  for  the 

S.  W.  Dow  M.D.  \  Strafford  District. 

Luther  V.  Bell  M.D.J  Councellors  for  the 

J.  "Webster  M.D.  j^  Rockingham  District 

Noah  Hardy  M.D.       )  Councellors  for  the 

Micah  Eldridge  M.D.j^  Southern  District 

Daniel   Oliver  M.D.    )  Councellors  for  the 

Timothy  Tilton  M.D.{  Grafton  District 

James  B.  Abbott  M.D.  i  Censors  for  the 

John  C.  Page  M.D.      \  Centre  District 

S  Dousman  M.D.         )  Censors  for  the 

J.  Batchelder  M.D.     ^  Western  District 

S.  Drew  M.D.  1  Censors  for  the 

Richard  Russell  M.D.  J  Strafford  District 

M.  Spalding  M.D.)  ^  ^,  t^-  ,  •  + 
^  „r  T,  71 TT^  r  Southern  District 
J  Wallace  M.D.         \ 

R.  D.  Mussey  M.D.  )    ^     .^      t^-  .  •  ^ 
,,  ^         >    Grafton  District 
D.  Oliver  M.D.        ( 

Timothy  Tilton  M.D.]  Delegates  to  the  Medical 

Elijah   Colby  M.D.      C  examinations  at  Hanover 


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John  Carr  M.D.       )  ^  ^  .-.  . 
T  1      ^    T-^        T»TT^  r  bubstitutes. 
John  C.  Page  M.D.J 

Received  a  communieation  from  the  Rockingham  District 
upon  the  Degree  of  Medicine  and  Choose  Drs.  Bell  Hoyt 
Batchelder  and  Mussey  a  Committee  to  report  whether  a 
district  or  state  society  could  confer  the  Degree  of  M.D. 
on  a  licentiate  for  Practice  of  Medicine  &  report  at  next 
meeting 

The  following  report  of  the  Delegates  appointed  to  the 
medical  examination  at  Hanover  To  wit 
In  reporting  to  this  Society  as  a  delegate  at  the  examina- 
tions at  Hanover  I  would  observe  that  I  consider  the  insti- 
tution in  high  standing  and  meriting  the  confidence  of  this 
Society  and  of  the  profession  throughout  the  State.  I  had 
the  privilege  of  attending  the  examinations  last  autumn 
in  company  with  my  colleague  Dr  Dousman  and  was  gen- 
erally gratified  with  the  appearance  of  the  candidates. 
Eight  only  presented  themselves  for  examination  &  all 
received  a  degree.  They  generally  evinced  the  fact  that 
the  various  branches  of  their  studies  had  received  a  good 
degree  of  attention :  and  some  of  them  bid  fair  for  useful- 
ness and  eminence. 

With  regard  to  the  character  of  the  instruction  given  at 
this  Institution  the  thorough  qualifications  and  elevated 
standing  of  the  Professors  in  the  several  departments  it 
would  be  useless  for  me  to  Speak.  Their  m.erits  are  too  well 
known  to  receive  any  addition  from  anything  which  I  can 
say.  I  would  observe,  however,  that  their  duties  are  ex- 
tremely arduous  in  consequence  of  the  number  of  Profes- 
sorships being  so  limited.  By  what  I  can  ascertain  the 
amount  of  instruction  is  as  great  as  at  any  medical  school  in 
New  England  and  all  performed  by  only  three  Professors, 
whereas  in  institutions  generally  there  are  from  four  to  six 
professorships,  but  the  instruction  given  frequently  far 
less  than  at  this.  One  great  source  of  instruction  &  of 
facility  in  improvement  especially  in  anatomy,  surgery 
and  physiology  is  the  extensive  and  splendid  anatomical 


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museum  connected  with  the  Institution.  The  additions  to 
it  within  a  few  years  have  been  numerous  and  important 
and  yearly  additions  are  continually  making.  The  inde- 
fatigable professor  of  anatomy  appears  to  spare  no  labour 
nor  expense  to  make  this  museum  worthy  of  the  institution, 
and  worthy  of  any  institution  in  our  country;  and  in  fact 
I  am  informed  there  are  few  in  the  United  States  which 
are  superior,  and  in  some  respects  none  which  equal  it. 
Besides  the  numerous  preparations  &  specimens  in  human, 
there  are  many  in  comparative  anatomy  which  are  highly 
interesting.  I  understand  this  branch  of  anatomy  is  to 
receive  increasing  attention.  Among  the  specimens  in 
morbid  anatomy  I  was  much  interested  in  some  which 
related  to  the  fracture  of  the  Femur.  These  specimens 
prove- to  a  demonstration  that  bony  reunion  does  take  place 
in  fracture  within  the  Capsular  ligament  of  the  hip  joint. 

James  B.  Abbott 
True  Copy      Attest    Enos  Hoyt    Secretary. 

The  following  Resolution  was  adopted  by  the  Society  Viz 
Resolved  that  this  society  earnestly  recommend  the  pledge 
of  total  abstinence  from  all  intoxicating  drinks  to  the  good 
people  of  Newhampshire,  as  most  decidedly  conducive  to 
health 

Attest      Enos  Hoyt      Secretary. 
June  1^'  1836 

Drs  Bell  Mussey  and  Crosby  were  chosen  a  Committee  to 
recommend  Suitable  authors  for  Medical  Students  to  read, 
and  report  at  next  meeting 

Attest    Enos  Hoyt    Secretar}\ 

Drs  Mussey,  Hoyt,  Chadbourne  Crosby  and  M 'Gregory 
were  chosen  a  Committee  to  take  into  consideration  the 
evils  to  the  health  of  females  connected  with  manufactur- 
ing establishments  in  its  broad  basis  and  to  meet  the  day 
before  the  next  annual  meeting  of  the  Society  to  make  out 


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a  condensed  report  of  facts  they  may  have  collected  during 
the  year. 

Voted  that  the  Committee  print  and  circulate  circulars 
setting  forth  the  evils  arising  from  manufacturing  estab- 
lishments to  the  health  of  Females 

Voted  to  postpone  the  acceptance  of  the  doings  of  the 
Strafford  district  Society  relative  to  the  erasing  of  their 
associates  names  from  their  records  or  dismissing  them  from 
membership  and  have  a  report  from  their  district  Commit- 
tee at  the  next  meeting- 
Professor  ]\Iussey  gave  as  president  of  the  Society  his 
annual  address  in  a  publick  manner  upon  the  use  and 
abuse  of  Tobacco  which  was  listened  to  with  interest  and 
fixed  attention  and  several  on  the  spot  threw  away  their 
quid  and  Pigtail. 

An  interesting  conversation  was  carried  on  for  some  time 
upon  the  evils  in  our  manufacturing  establishments  by  a 
free  discussion  of  all  the  Fellows  and  resulted  in  the 
opinion  that  the  management  of  such  establishments  in- 
duced a  suppression  of  the  Catamenia  induces  ^lithisis  and 
other  diseases. 

The  merits  of  the  several  Periodicals  as  medical  works  were 
discussed  and  an  inquiry  of  the  amount  of  periodicals 
perused  by  the  Society. 

Dr.  Mussey  made  some  interesting  remarks  upon  the  Medi- 
cal School  at  Hanover  and  Touched  upon  Dr.  Olivers  recent 
work  upon  Physiology  and  of  Dr  Delamater's  appointment 
as  lecturer  upon  Theory  and  Practice  of  medicine.  Then 
the  Society  Resolved  That  the  confidence  of  this  Society  is 
not  in  the  least  diminished  in  the  ability  of  the  Medical 
Faculty  at  Hanover  and  that  we  will  Sustain  the 
institution 

Attest    Enos  Hoyt    Secretary 

Drs  Chadbourne  N  Sanborn  and  Straw  were  appointed  to 
investigate  the  case  of  Dr  Gregg  and  report  to  the  Council 
at  their  next  annual  meeting 


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Resolved  that  in  our  opinion  that  humanity  calls  for  the 
establishment  of  an  Insane  hospital  in  some  central  place 
in  this  State  and  that  the  Secretary  of  this  Society  furnish 
the  Speaker  of  the  house  of  representatives  with  a  copy  of 
this  resolution  which  was  adopted 
Voted  to  dissolve  this  meeting- 
Attest     Enos  Hoyt     Secretary 


State  of  Newhampshire 

This  may  certify  that  we  the  subscribers  Censors  of  the 
Newhampshire  Medical  Society  have  examined  Dr  Jeremiah 
F.  Hall  of  Northfield  in  Said  State  a  Candidate  for  the 
Practice  of  Physick  and  surgery  respecting  his  skill  and 
knowledge  therein,  and,  having  found  him  duly  qualified 
therefor,  do  in  testimony  of  our  approbation  hereunto  sub- 
scribe our  names  at  Northfield  this  21^*^  day  of  October 
Anno  Domini  1836 

James  B.  Abbott  )  Censors  of  the 
John  C  Page         \  N.  H.  Med.  Society 
Attest    Enos  Hoyt    Secretary 


At  a  meeting  of  the  Council  of  the  Newhampshire  Medical 
Society  duly  notified  and  holden  at  the  Phoenix  Hotel  at 
Concord  June  5'^  1837.  The  President  being  absent  Dr  D 
Crosby  was  called  to  the  chair 

The  Council  propose  to  the  Society  for  election  to  fellow- 
ship Timothy  Haynes  M.D.  of  Concord,  Dr  Thomas  Wallace 
of  Derry.  The  President  appeared  and  presided.  The 
Council  recommend  the  attention  of  the  Society  for  their 
action  in  the  ease  of  Dr  J  B  M 'Gregory  who  has  put  his 
name  as  recommendatory  of  I  Newtons  great  purifier  of 
the  blood  a  patent  or  quack  medicine  also  Truman  Abell 
the  Same  case  as  the  above  also  Dr  T.  Chadbourne  Selling 
quack  medicines  also  Drs  Jesse  Merrill    Thos.  P.  Hill  and 


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J  B  Abbott  who  have  consulted  with  N  Y  Sadd  a  quack 
Indian  doctor. 

Voted  to  adjourn  to  meet  tomorrow  morning  at  nine 
0  clock 

Attest    Enos  Hoyt     Secretary. 
1837 

June  6'^    Met  agreeable  to  adjournment 
Thomas  Brown  M.D.   and  John   G  Leach  M.D.   of   Con- 
cord are  recommended  for  an  election  to  fellowship  in  this 
Society,  also  Dr  James  F  Sargent  of  Hopkinton  is  pro- 
posed for  fellowship 

Adjourned  to  meet  at  the  call  of  the  President. 
June  6'  1837  at  11  O'clock  A  M     The  Council  met  and 
voted  to  accept  the  following  report,  of  the  Committee  of 
the  Council  in  Dr  Gregg's  case  and  referred  the  same  to 
the  Society  Viz  See  Report  on  file 

1837  June  7"'  The  Council  met  and  appointed  Drs  Joseph 
H  Smith  of  Dover  &  David  Wells  of  Deerfield  orators 
for  1838 

Voted  to  dissolve  this  meeting 

Attest    Enos  Hoyt    Secretary 

Pro.  Tempore 
Hopkinton  July  26,  1837 

The  Council  of  the  N.  H.  Medical  Society  convened  at 
Perkins'  Tavern,  agreeably  to  a  call  of  the  President:  also 
by  request  of  the  Council  of  the  Centre  Dist.  Medical  So- 
ciety. Present  Drs  Colby,  Straw  and  the  Sedretary  from 
the  State  Society,  and  Chadbourne  and  Carter  from  the 
Dist.  Society. 

The  President  and  Vice  President  being  absent,  on  motion 
Dr  Straw  the  oldest  Counsellor  present  took  the  chair. 

Voted  to  adjourn  to  the  house  of  Capt.  S.  Cavis  in  this 
Village. 

Doct.  Colby  read  the  following  complaint  order  of  no- 
tice &c.,  Viz. 


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"To  Doct.  James  A.  Gregg  of  Hopkinton. 
Whereas  at  a  meeting  of  the  Council  of  the  N,  H.  Medical 
Society  June  1836,  a  committee  was  appointed  to  investi- 
gate certain  reports  in  circulation  criminating  the  character 
of  James  A.  Gregg,  a  fellow  of  said  Society,  said  reports 
also  implicating  the  moral  and  professional  character  of 
the  members  of  the  Society  generally ;  and  whereas,  the 
appointment  of  said  Committee  having  been  san<3tioned  and 
confirmed  by  the  Society ;  it  was  made  the  duty  of  said 
committee  to  attend  to  the  subject  during  the  recess  of  the 
Society  and  report  the  result  of  their  investigation  to  the 
Council,  at  their  next  meeting  —  and  whereas  said  com- 
mittee having  reported  to  the  Council  the  facts  in  the  case, 
the  report  with  the  opinion  of  the  committee  thereon  was 
laid  before  the  Society  at  their  meeting  in  June  1837. 
Whereupon  it  was  voted  that  the  whole  subject  be  sub- 
mitted and  referred  to  the  Council  with  an  invitation  to  the 
Council  of  the  Ceutre  Dist.  to  meet  with  them  and  assist 
in  the  investigation,  and  that  they  proceed  against  Doct 
Gregg  agreeably  to  the  By-laws,  and  usages  of  the  Society 
in  such  cases  and  that  he  be  notified  and  cited  to  appear 
before  them  to  answer  to  the  following  charges. 

To  Elijah  Colby  of  Concord  in  the  county  of  Merrimack 
and  State  of  Newhampshire,  Physician,  one  of  the  Coun- 
sellors of  the  N.  H.  Medical  Society,  residing  within  the 
limits  of  the  Centre  District  thereof : 

Doct.  Enos  Hoyt  of  Northfield  complains  of  Doct.  James 
A.  Gregg  of  Hopkinton  a  fellow  of  said  Society,  that  from 
facts  in  his  possession  he  has  reason  to  believe  said  Gregg 
guilty  of  a  high  misdemeanor,  not  only  criminating  him- 
self, but  implicating  the  members  of  the  society  generally, 
viz.  That  the  said  Gregg  during  the  summer  of  1834,  made 
repeated  attempts  to  seduce  one  of  his  female  patients,  and 
reported  that  the  members  of  .the  society  were  guilty  of 
similar  practices  in  their  intercourse  with  their  patients, 
the  said  Hoyt  therefore  in  behalf  of  said  Society  and  in 
conformity   with   the    Constitution    and   By-laws,   request 


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that  said  Gregg  be  duly  notified  of  this  complaint,  that  he 
may  be  dealt  with  according  to  the  usages  and  by-laws  of 
the  Society,  and  that  he  have  an  opportunity  to  appear 
before  the  Council  and  show  his  innocence  if  he  have 
power  so  to  do. 

July  5,  1837  Enos  Hoyt 

A  true  copy  Elijah  Colby 

To  James  A.  Gregg  of  Hopkinton  in  the  County  of  IMerri- 
mack  and  State  of  Newhampshire 

Greeting 

The  foregoing  complaint  having  been  made  to  me  Elijah 
Colby  one  of  the  Counsellors  of  the  Newhampshire  Medical 
Society,  residing  within  the  limits  of  the  Centre  Dist. 
thereof : 

By  virtue  of  authority  to  me  given  by  the  By-laws  of  the 
said  Society,  duly  made  and  adopted  according  to  the 
Charter  of  the  same.  I  the  said  Colby  being  convinced 
that  the  charge  is  not  frivolous  or  vexatious,  do  hereby 
annex  this  order  to  the  said  complaint,  requiring  you  to 
appear  before  the  Council  of  the  same  Society,  a  meeting  of 
which  is  to  be  holden  at  Hopkinton  aforesaid,  on  the  twenty 
sixth  day  of  July  Inst,  at  10  o'clock  A.M.  at  Perkins' 
Tavern  in  said  Hopkinton,  to  answer  to  said  charge.  And 
the  said  Complainant  is  ordered  to  serve  the  said  complaint 
on  said  Gregg  by  leaving  an  attested  copy  thereof  and  this 
order  thereon  with  said  Gregg  at  least  fifteen  daj's  before 
said  meeting  of  the  Council. 

Given  under  my  hand  this  5th  day  of  July  AD  1837. 

Elijah  Colby. 

I  hereby  certify  the  above  statement  of  facts  together 
with  the  complaint  and  order  of  notice  were  served  on 
Doct.  Gregg  by  leaving  a  copy  of  the  same  at  his  house  in 
Hopkinton  on  the  7th  day  of  July  A.D.  1837  it  being  more 
than  fifteen  days  previous  to  said  day  of  meeting  of  the 
Council.  Elijah  Colby 

by  order  of  Enos  Hoj^t 


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After  having  gone  into  an  investigation  of  the  case,  as 
full  as  the  nature  of  the  evidence  would  admit,  the  Council 
unanimously  agree  to  make  the  following 

Report 

Hopkinton  July  26,  1837 

The  Council  of  the  N.  H.  Medical  Society,  having  investi- 
gated the  case  of  Doct.  James  A.  Gregg,  report,  that  it 
appears  from  the  evidence  in  the  case,  he  has  been  guilty 
of  improper  conduct  with  one  of  his  female  patients,  justly 
deserving  the  censure  of  the  Society  —  but  from  the  con- 
tradictory nature  of  the  testimony  the  Council  recommend 
that  no  further  proceedings  be  had  in  the  case  beyond  that 
of  censure 

Jacob  Straw      )   _.  „ 

-^,..  ,    ^  „         \  Counsellors 
Elijah  Colby     \ 

James  B.  Abbott    Secretary 

A  true  Copy 

Attest  James  B.  Abbott    Secretary 

At  the  forty  sixth  annual  meeting  of  the  Newhampshire 
Medical  Society  holden  at  the  Phoenix  Hotel  in  Concord 
being  duly  notified  and  called  on  the  sixth  day  of  June 
A.  D.  1837. 

The  President  being  present  opened  the  meeting  in  due 
form. 

Members  Present 

Drs.  Mussey  D.  Crosby  Straw  Abbott,  Dousman,  Chad- 
bourne,  Flanders  Sanborn,  Colby,  Lane  J.  P.  Tenney 
M 'Gregory  J.  A.  Gregg,  M.  Eldridge  R.  Williams,  H. 
Eldridge,  Wells,  Fifield,  T.  P.  Hill,  J.  Wilson,  Carr,  H. 
Smith    Maitin    Bassett  and  Hoyt. 

The  minutes  of  the  last  meeting  were  read  by  the  Secretary 
Proceeded  to  the  election  of  Fellows  And  Timothy  Haynes 
M.D.  of  Concord  Thomas  Brown  M.D.  of  Concord  Dr 
Thomas  Wallace  of  Derry  John  T.  G.  Leach  M.D.  of  Con- 
cord and  Dr  James  F  Sargent  of  Hopkinton  were  elected 


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aud  Drs  Brown  Wallace  Haynes  Leach  and  Sargent  ap- 
peared and  took  a  seat  with  the  Society. 
Minutes  from  the  Centre,  Strafford  Southern  Western  and 
Grafton  districts  were  received  from  their  several  Secre- 
taries; read  and  accepted  by  the  Society  Rockingham  dis- 
trict not  reported. 

The  President's  annual  address  to  the  Society  was  read  in 
the  form  of  a  report  as  chairman  of  a  Committee  appointed 
last  year  to  investigate  the  evils  to  health  arising  from  bad 
management  in  manufacturing  establishments  in  our 
Country. 

The  Society  voted  that  the  Committee  have  longer  time  to 
investigate  the  Subject  and  publish  their  report. 
Choose  Drs  D.  Crosby  T.  P.  Hill  Dousman  and  Mussey  a 
Committee  to  examine  Patients. 

Choose  Drs  Carr  Bassett  and  Straw  to  audit  the  Treasurer's 
account,  whose  report  was  accepted,  To  wit, 
The  auditors  of  the  Treasurer's  accounts  have  attended  to 
their  duty  and  find  that  the  balance  in  the  Treasury  last 
year  was  $38.50.  That  annual  Taxes  since  received  amount 
to  $51.00,  making  an  aggregate  of  $89.50.  They  also  find 
that  the  Treasurer  has  paid  out  in  Sundry  bills  for  which 
Satisfactory  Vouchers  are  shown  $62.38,  leaving  in  his 
hands  $27.12. 
Concord    June  6'  1837 

J.  Carr 
Thos.  Bassett 
Jacob  Straw 
Attest    Enos  Hoyt    Secretary. 

Voted  to  adjourn  for  one  hour. 

Med  agreeable  to  adjournment. 

Dr  M.  Hill  address  to  the  Society,  upon  quack  medicines 
he  showed  the  ingenous  way  in  which  quackery  has  gained 
access  into  community. 

Voted  to  appoint  a  Committee  to  nominate  officers  for  the 
ensuing  year  and  that  the  nomination  come  from  the  chair 
and  Drs  Abbott  Colby  and  Hill  were  appointed 


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Voted  to  accept  the  minutes  from  the  Strafford  district 
To  wit  that  as  Drs  Caleb  Morse  Samuel  Pray  Robert 
Woodbury  Nathl.  Low,  Charles  White  Reuben  Buck 
Moses  Colby  Thomas  Lindsey  Asahel  Dearborn  Richard 
Russell  Daniel  Mowe  Jonathan  Woodbury  and  John  B. 
Elliott  have  forfeited  their  membership  in  the  Strafford 
district  by  not  fulfilling  the  requiremeats  according  to  the 
bylaws  in  their  district  Society  they  thereby  cease  from 
being  Fellows  of  the  Newhampshire  Medical  Society. 

Attest   Enos  Hoyt  Secretary 

The  society  took  up  the  subject  of  Dr  James  Batchelder 
in  case  he  can  render  a  satisfactory  excuse  for  not  giving  a 
dissertation  otherwise  the  bylaws  to  be  in  force. 

The  delegates  at  Hanover  reported  which  was  accepted, 
To  wit. 

"The  undersigned  delegates  from  the  N.  H.  Medical  So- 
ciety to  attend  the  examinations  of  Medical  Students  at 
Dartmouth  College,  Report  They  went  to  Hanover  previous 
to  the  close  of  the  lecture  term:  They  found  that  the  whole 
number  of  students  that  had  attended  was  eighty  six, 
fifteen  of  whom  presented  themselves  for  an  examination 
for  degrees.  The  examinations  were  conducted  chiefly  by 
the  Professors.  The  candidates  generally  appeared  very 
well  Several  answered  very  promptly  and  did  honour  to 
themselves.  The  whole  class  of  candidates  were  recom- 
mended for  degrees,  all  who  were  examined  gave  evidence 
not  only  of  having  been  correctly  taught  but  of  having 
studied  anatomy  and  surgery  in  the  dissecting  room  and 
from  operations  on  the  living  subject.  Your  delegates 
would  remark  that  they  were  highly  gratified  to  find  so 
great  additions  and  improvements  have  been  made  in  the 
anatomical  department  within  the  last  10  or  12  years.  A 
large  number  of  very  valuable  dried  preparations  have  been 
received  within  that  time  among  this  number  were  some  fine 
preparations  of  the  nerves  also  of  the  heart  and  blood 
vessels  and  one  of  the  Lymphatic  vessels.  Much  praise  is 
due  to  the  professor  who  stands  at  the  head  of  this  depart- 
ment for  his  indefatigable  exertions  to  render  complete  the 


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anatomical  museum  a  continuance  of  the  same  exertions 
for  a  few  years  will  render  the  school  second  to  none  in 
New  England.  It  was  with  unfeigned  Satisfaction,  we 
learnt  from  the  Faculty  that  they  would  not  recommend  a 
Student  for  a  degree  who  was  known  to  be  intemperate 
we  were  gratified  to  learn  that  25  operations  had  been 
performed  on  the  living  Subject  before  the  class  during  the 
Term,  which  is  respectfully  submitted  by  Elijah  Colby 
John  Carr  delegates 

June  7'  1837    A  True  Copy  Attest  Enos  Hoyt  Secretary. 

1837     The  Committee  chosen  upon  the  memorial  from 
June 

6*^.  the  Rockingham  district  that  we  should  confer  the 
degree  of  M.  D.  are  of  opinion  that  this  society  are 
not  authorized  to  confer  the  degree  of  doctor  in 
medicine  which  report  was  accepted 
Dr  Bassett  was  chosen  a  committee  to  take  the 
Books  due  the  Rockingham  district  and  hand  them 
over  to  the  Rockingham  district  Society  and  Dr 
Colby  was  chosen  an  agent  to  deliver  the  books  to 
Dr  Bassett 

Voted  that  the  Secretary  of  this  Society  write  the 
Secretary  of  the  Rockingham  district  Society  Dr 
E  B  Moore  of  Epping  and  inform  him  that  a  satis- 
factory excuse  will  be  necessary  for  his  neglect  to 
send  in  an  abstract  of  the  minutes  of  the  district 
society  for  the  last  year  otherwise  he  must  be  fined 
agreeable  to  the  bylaws  of  the  Society. 

Voted  to  adjourn  half  an  hour. 

Met  agreeable  to  adjournment. 

The  Committee  in  Dr.  Gregg's  case  presented  the 
Society  with  the  facts  that  had  come  before  them 
and  after  considerable  discussion  the  report  of  the 
Committee  was  laid  on  the  table  for  the  present. 

1837  June  6"  Voted  to  adjourn  to  meet  at  this 
place  tomorrow  morning  at  8  O'clock. 

1837  June  7*^    Met  agreeable  to  adjournment 


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The  Society  Voted  Wm.  Cogswell  D.  D.  of  Boston, 
Mass.  be  permitted  to  come  before  the  society  he 
came  and  stated  that  the  American  Education  So- 
ciety pubhshed  a  quarterly  magazine  and  in  nine 
volumes  they  should  pubhsh  the  history  of  all  the 
principal  literary  institutions  of  this  Country  and  of 
Europe  he  also  wished  a  Complete  history  of  the 
Newhampshire  Medical  Society  the  facts  to  be 
compiled  soon  and  sent  him  in  Boston  and  Thomas 
P.  Hill  and  the  Secretary  of  the  Society  were  chosen 
the  Committee  Drs  M'Gregory  Carr  and  Martin 
nominated  the  above  Committee. 

It  was  motioned  by  Dr  Sargent  and  Seconded  that 
the  Subject  of  Drs  M'Gregory,  Abell,  T.  P.  Hill 
Merrill  Abott  and  Chadbourne  of  their  having 
violated  the  bylaws  in  regard  to  quacks  and  quack 
medicines  be  indefinitely  postponed,  as  coming  from 
the  Council 

Voted  Dr  Page  have  one  year  to  collect  facts  rela- 
tive to  the  professional  character  of  Dr  Asa  Crosby 
late  a  fellow  of  this  Society 

The  Society  adopted  the  following  Resolutions  Viz, 
Resolved  that  this  Society  hereafter  give  advice 
and  perform  operations  gratis  to  and  upon  indigent 
patients  the  attending  physician  to  say  whether  the 
patient  is  unable  to  pay  a  fee  but  .such  as  can  will 
be  hereafter  required  to  pay  a  fee  the  fee  to  be  paid 
to  the  chairman  of  the  Committee  to  examine 
patients  and  by  him  handed  over  to  the  Treasurer 
of  the  Society.  Fee  for  advice  shall  in  no  case 
exceed  two  dollars  and  that  Clergymen  be  exempt 
from  fees 

Attest  Enos  Hoyt  Secretary. 

The  Committee  appointed  to  recommend  medical 
authors  reported  whose  report  was  accepted,.  To  wat,, 

Anatomy, 
Bell,  Wistar,  Cloquet,  Boyle,  Velpeau. 


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Surgery 
Coopers    First    lines    and    Dictionary,     Velpeau's 
operative  Surgery,  Castle's  Manuel,  Gibson's  Do. 

On  the  Eye 
Lawrence  and  M'Kenzie 

Physiology 
Oliver's,  Dunglison,  Brousais. 

Chemistry 
Green's,  Turner,  Webster's 
Midwifery 
Velpeau,  Dewes'  Megrier,  Barns,  London  Practice 
Gooch  and  on  Females 

Diseases  of  Women  &  Children 

Dewes. 

Tate  on  Hysteria  and  Teal  on  Neuraliga 

Attest  Enos  Hoyt  Secretary. 

Proceeded  to  the   choice   of  officers    agreeable  to   the 

report  of  the  nominating 

Committee  and  Choose 

"     R.  D.  Mussey  M.  D.  President 

"     Enos  Hoty  M.  D.  Vice  President 

"     James  B.  Abbott  M.  D.  Secretary 

"     Nathan  Sanborn  M.  D.  Treasurer 

"     Elijah  Colby  I\I.  D.  )    Counsellors  Center 

"     Jacob  Straw  M.  D.    \  District 

"     John  P.  Elkins  M.  D. 


TVT     1    Tx^     ,•     -i/r    T-x       <  L)o.  Strafford  Do. 
Noah  Martm  M.  D. 

M.  Spalding  M.  D.       )  ^      ^     ,, 

T»/r-     !   T^i  1  •  1      HT  T^   (  Do.  Southern 
Micah  Eldndge  M.  D.  \ 

J.  Batchelder  M.  D.      /  „      „,    ^        -^^ 

Saml.  Webber  M.  D.    \  ^"-  ^^^^^^^^  ^"■ 

R.  D.  Mussey  M.  D.     )  ^      „     ,^       ^ 

Danl.  Oliver  M.  D.       \  ^°-  ^^^"^^"^^  ^"- 

James  B.  Abbott  M.  D.  )   Censors  Centre 

John  C.  Page  M.  D.  District 


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Amos  Twitchell  M.  D. 
J.  B.  Dousman  M.  D. 
S.  Drew  M.  D. 
Jos.  H.  Smith  M.  D. 
Daniel  Adams  M.  D. 
Noah  Hardy  M.  D. 
R.  D.  Mussey  M.  D. 
Danl.  OHver  M.  D. 
Thomas  Bassett  M.  D. 
Thomas  Chadbourne  M. 
Thomas  P.  Hill  M.  D. 


Do.  Western  Do. 
Do.  Strafford  Do. 
Do  Southern  Do. 

Do.  Grafton  Do. 

Do  Rockingham  Do. 
D.  }    Delegates  to 
Hanover 


Substitutes. 


Moses  Hill  M.  D. 

Richard  P.  J.  Tenney  M.  D. 

Attest  A  True  Copy 

Enos  Hoyt  Secretary. 

The  Committee  to  nominate  officers  reported  Dr  Dixi 
Crosby  Secretary  who  was  chosen  but  he  declined  serving 
and  he  nominated  Dr  James  B.  Abbott  who  was  chosen 
but  he  being  absent  Dr  Enos  Hoyt  was  chosen  Secretary 
Pro  Tempore  until  Dr  Abbott  shall  appear  and  accept  the 
office 

Attest    Enos  Hoyt    Secretary  pro  Tem. 

Voted  to  adjourn  for  one  hour 

1837  June  7'  P.  M.  Met  agreeable  to  adjournment 
Voted  that  this  Society  do  disapprove  of 
consultations  with  N.  G.  Ladd  of  Sanbornton 
as  a  violation  of  our  bylaws. 
Voted  that  the  case  of  Dr  Gregg  be  put  over 
into  the  hands  of  the  Council  with  the  charges 
of  the  former  Council  and  the  case  be  legally 
investigated  according  to  the  bylaws  of  the 
Society  and  report  at  next  meeting  of  the 
Society 

Voted    to    dissolve    this    meeting 
Attest     Enos  Hoyt 

Secretary  Pro.  Tempore. 


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State  of  Newhampshire 

We  the  Censors  of  the  Newhampshire  Medical  Society 
duly  appointed  and  authorized  have  examined  EUphalet 
K.  Webster  of  Hill  a  candidate  for  the  practice  of  Physick 
and  Surgery  and  having  found  him  qualified  do  approbate 
and  license  him  a  practitioner  in  medicine  and  surgery 
agreeable  to  law  in  that  case  made  and  provided 

Given  under  our  hands  this  twenty  first  day  of  June 
A.  D.  1837 

James  B.  Abbott         )   Censors 
John  C.  Page  M.  D.  \   Med.  Society 

Attest    Enos  Hoyt    Secretary  Pro  Tempore 


State  of  Newhampshire 

We  the  Censors  of  the  Newhampshire  Medical  Society 
duly  appointed  and  authorized,  have  examined  Levi  G.  Hill, 
in  the  various  branches  of  Medical  Science,  and  having 
found  him  qualified,  do  approbate  and  license  him  a 
practitioner  in  Medicine,  Surgery  and  Obstetrics,  agreeably 
to  the  law  and  regulations  of  the  Newhampshire  Medical 
Society 
Given  under  our  hands  this  seventh  day  of  July  A.  D.  1837 

James  B.  Abbott  M.  D.  /   „  „  ht  j 
T  1     ^   T^         TVT   T^        >   N.  H.  Med. 
John  C.  Page,  M.  D.       V  „     , 

Attest 

James  B.  Abbott    Secretary. 


State  of  Newhampshire 

We  the  Censors  of  the  Newhampshire  Medical  Society, 
duly  appointed  and  authorized,  have  examined  Jacob  C. 
Hanson,  in  the  various  branches  of  Medical  Science,  and 
have  found  him  qualified,  do  approbate  and  license  him,  a 
Practitioner  in  Medicine,  Surgery  and  Obstetricks,  agree- 


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ably  to  the  laws  and  regulations  of  the  Newhampshire 
Med.  Society. 

Given  under  our  hand  this  thirteenth  day  of  September 
AD.  1837 

James  B.  Abbott  M.  D.  i    Censors  N.  H. 
John  C.  Page,  M.  D.       \    Med.  Society 
Attest 

James  B.  Abbott    Secretary, 

[End  of  Vol.  1] 


NEW   HAMPSHIRE 
MEDICAL   SOCIETY   RECORDS 

Vol.   II 


NEW   HAMPSHIRE    MEDICAL   SOCIETY 
RECORDS 


State  of  New  Hampshire 

We  the  Censors  of  the  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society, 
duly  appointed  and  authorized  have  examined  Edward 
Buxton  in  the  various  branches  of  Medical  Science  and 
having  found  him  qualified,  do  approbate  &  License  him  a 
Practitioner  in  Medicine,  Surgery  and  Obstetrics,  agreeably 
to  the  laws  and  regulations  of  the  New  Hampshire  Medical 
Society. 

Given  under  our  hand  this  fifth  day  of  June  1838 
James  B.  Abbott  M.  D. 


John  C.  Page  M.  D.         '   ^'^^^^^ 
Attest 

James  B.  Abbott    Secretary 

The  Council  of  the  N.  H.  Medical  Society  met  at  the 
PhcEnix  Hotel  in  Concord  agreeably  to  previous  notice 
June  4„  1838 

Present  Drs.  Hoyt,  Bachelder,  &  the  Secretary.  The 
President  being  absent  Doct.  Hoj't,  the  Vice  President 
took  the  Chair. 

Voted  to  recommend  the  following  gentlemen  as  candi- 
dates for  membership  in  the  Society  viz.  Jos^.  F.  Hall  M.  D. 
of  Wolf  borough,  Josiah  Bartlett  M.  D.  of  Stratham,  Silas 
Cummings  M.  D.  of  Fitzwilliam,  Dr.  Charles  W.  Whitney 
of  Troy,  Dr.  Eliphalet  K.  Webster  of  Hill,  Francis  P.  Fitch 
M.  D.  of  New  Boston  &  Heber  Chase  M.  D.  of  Philadelphia. 

Voted  to  recommend  that  the  Society  take  measures  to 
accomplish  a  mutual  interchange  of  intercourse,  and  Delega- 
tion, with  the  Medical  Societies  of  the  eastern  states. 

Professor  Mussey  arrived  and  took  the  Chair. 

Voted  to  recommend  that  the  Society  take  measures  to 
procure  a  National  Convention,  to  consist  of  Delegates  from 


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the  various  Medical  Schools  and  State  Societies  in  the 
Union  to  assemble  annually  at  some  central  place. 

Voted  to  recommend  that  Doct.  Ezra  Green,  of  Dover, 
the  only  remaining  survivor  of  the  nineteen  original 
members  of  the  Society,  be  elected  an  honorary  member  of 
it. 

Voted  that  Benjamin  Waterhouse  of  Cambridge,  Ms., 
now  an  honorary  member  of  this  Society,  by  having  pub- 
lickly  abetted  Thompsonian  Quackery,  has  forfeited  the 
confidence  of  the  faculty  and  that  the  Council  recommend 
that  his  name  be  stricken  from  the  list  of  Honorary  mem- 
bers. 

Voted  to  adjourn  to  meet  tomorrow  morning  at  8  o'clock. 

Met  agreeably  to  adjournment. 
•  Voted  to  recommend  that  the  Society  take  some  action 
on  the   ingenous   apparatus   for   retaining  fractured   and 
dislocated  limbs  presented  by  Dr.  Howe. 
Adjourned 

Attest    James  B.  Abbott 
Secretary. 

The  Newhampshire  Medical  Society  met  at  the  Phoenix 
Hotel,  in  Concord,  June  5"*,  1838 

Members  present. 

Drs.  E.  Hoyt,  D.  Crosby,  R.  P.  J.  Tenney,  J.  P.  Elkins, 
T.  Chadbourne,  S.  Drew,  H.  Eldridge,  M.  Eldridge,  J.  C. 
Page,  M.  Hill,  James  B.  Abbott,  L.  Howe,  J.  Bachelder, 
R.  D.  Mussey,  J.  A.  Gregg,  J.  F.  Sargent,  T.  W.  Wilson, 
D.  Flanders,  J.  Carr,  J.  Straw,  N.  Sanborn,  Morrison;  & 
Carter 

The  proceedings  of  the  Society  at  its  last  meeting  and  of 
the  Council  were  read  bj^  the  Secretary. 

Voted  that  Dr.  Gregg's  case,  as  reported  by  the  Council, 
be  acted  upon.  Considerable  discussion  upon  the  subject 
took  place. 

The  hour  having  arrived  when  the  address  from  the 
President  should  be  read, 


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Voted  that  the  standing  rule,  in  such  cases,  be  so  far 
dispensed  with,  that  the  address  be  heard  at  4  P.  M. 

Voted  that  the  report  of  the  Council  in  Dr.  Gregg's 
case  be  accepted. 

Voted  that  the  above  report  be  laid  upon  the  table. 

Voted  that  as  the  Treasurer  is  absent,  one  be  chosen  pro 
tempore,  and  Dr.  D.  Crosby  was  chosen. 

Chose  Drs.  Carr,  Crosb}',  and  Page  a  committee  to 
nominate  officers.  Subsequently  voted  to  add  to  this 
Committee  Drs.  Bachelder  &  M.  Hill. 

Chose  Drs.  Howe,  Crosby,  Bachelder,  Carr  and  Flanders 
a  committee  to  examine  Patients. 

Proceeded  to  the  election  of  Members  and  elected  Dr. 
Jeremiah  F.  Hall  of  Wolfborough,  Josiah  Bartlett  M.  D.  of 
Stratham,  Silas  Cummings  M.  D.  of  Fitzwilliam,  Dr. 
Charles  W.  Whitney  of  Troy,  Ehphalet  K.  Webster  of 
Hill,  and  Francis  P.  Fitch  M.  D.  of  N.  Boston. 

Chose  Doct.  M.  Hill  a  committee  to  inform  the  members 
elect  of  their  election,  and  introduce  them  to  the  Society. 
Drs.  Hall,  Bartlett  and  Webster  appeared  and  took  their 
seats  with  the  Society. 

Adjourned  one  hour  to  dine: 

Met  according  to  adjournment. 

Voted  to  reconsider  the  vote  respecting  the  President's 
address. 

Voted  that  it  be  at  the  South  Church  at  half  past  4  P.  M. 

Voted  that  Doc.  Ezra  Green  of  Dover  be  elected  an  honor- 
ary Member  of  this  Society. 

The  case  of  Dr.  Waterhouse  of  Cambridge  was  called  up 
agreeably  to  a  recommendation  of  the  Council. 

Voted  that  the  Secretary  write  Dr.  W.  Channing  of 
Boston  upon  the  subject  and  report  at  the  next  meeting. 

The  Committee  appointed  to  prepare  a  History  of  the 
N.  H.  Medical  Society  reported  that  they  had  attended  to 
the  duty  assigned  them  and  that  the  Historical  account  was 
already  published  in  the  American  Quarterly  Register. 
Report  accepted 


296     Records  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society 

The  Secretary  exhibited  6  volumes  of  the  Register 
presented  by  the  Rev.  Doct.  Cogswell  to  the  six  Dist. 
Societies. 

Voted  that  Doct.  Cogswell  receive  the  thanks  of  the 
Society  for  his  donation. 

Accounts  of  the  proceedings  of  the  Centre,  Southern, 
Strafford  and  Western  Districts  read  by  the  Secretary. 

Voted  that  a  committee  of  three  be  appointed  by  the 
chair  to  take  into  consideration  the  recommendation  of  the 
Council  that  "  the  Society  take  measures  to  accomplish  a 
mutual  interchange  of  intercourse  &  delegation  with  the 
Medical  Societies  of  the  Eastern  states,  and  also  the  recom- 
mendation for  a  National  Convention :  Drs.  Howe,  Crosby 
and  Abbott  appointed  on  this  committee. 

Chose  Drs.  Page,  Haynes  and  Webster  a  committee  to 
audit  the  treasurer's  account. 

Voted  that  Drs.  T.  P.  Hill  and  Abbott  receive  $1.25  from 
the  funds  of  the  Society,  being  money  expended  in  prepar- 
ing the  Historical  account. 

Chose  Drs.  T.  P.  Hill,  Crosby  and  Haynes  a  committee  on 

Dr.  Howe's  fracture  apparatus. 

Doct.  Page  read  a  Memoir  of  the  late  Dr.  Asa  Crosby. 

Dr.  Fitch  a  member  elect  appeared  and  took  his  seat  with 
the  Society. 

Voted  to  adjourn  to  tomorrow  morning  to  meet  at  half 
past  7  o'clock. 

June  5 

The  Society  met  according  to  adjournment. 

Voted  that  Doct.  Josiah  Bartlett  write  a  Memoir  of 
Dr.  Josiah  Bartlett  of  Stratham,  deceased,  and  also  enquire 
respecting  the  donation  made  by  him  and  report  to  the 
Society. 

Chose  Drs.  Straw,  Sargent  and  Hoyt,  a  committee  to 
request  a  Copy  of  the  Memoir  of  Doct.  Crosby  for  the 
press;  and  if  granted  to  publish  it  at  the  expense  of  the 
Society. 

Voted  that  Dr.  Webster  write  a  Memoir  of  Doct.  Tilton 
late  of  Canaan. 


Records  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society     297 

Appointed  Drs.  Sargent,  Chadbourne,  Abbott,  T.  P. 
Hill  &  J.  Bartlett  a  Committee  to  take  into  consideration 
the  expediency  of  revising  the  By-laws  and  report  at  the 
next  meeting. 

Drs.  Chadbourne  and  T.  P.  Hill,  Delegates  to  Hanover 
reported  verbally:  The  Medical  Institution  in  that  place 
represented  as  prosperous,  and  increasing  in  interest. 

Report  accepted. 

Voted  that  Dr.  Wells  be  informed  of  his  delinquency  in 
not  reading  a  Dissertation. 

Elected  Heber  Chase  M.  D.  of  Philadelphia  an  Honourary 
member  of  this  Society. 

Voted  to  choose  a  committee  to  examine  into  the  merits 
of  the  different  Trusses,  professing  to  effect  the  radical 
cure  of  Hernia,  and  that  the  committee  report  to  the 
Society  at  their  next  annual  meeting,  and  also  that  dealers 
and  manufacturers  of  the  Instruments  be  notified  of  the 
appointment  of  the  Committee,  and  be  afforded  an  op- 
portunity to  appear  before  them. 

Chose  Drs.  Straw  and  Page  to  nominate  the  above 
committee,  and  they  nominated  Drs.  Dixi  Crosby,  Luke 
Howe,  Timothy  Haj'nes,  Enos  Hoyt,  and  Joseph  H.  Smith, 
who  were  chosen. 

The  Auditors  of  the  Treasurers  accounts  made  the 
following  Report : — 

"  The  Auditors  of  the  Treasurer's  accounts  have  attended 
to  that  duty,  and  find  the  balance  in  the  Treasury  last  year 
to  have  been  $27.12.  That  annual  taxes  since  received 
amount  to  $48.00,  making  an  aggregate  of  $75.12.  They 
further  find  that  the  Treasurer  has  paid  out  bills,  for  which 
he  has  sufficient  vouchers  to  the  amount  of  $73.90,  leaving 
in  his  hands  $1.22.  They  also  find  an  unpaid  balance  due 
Mr.  Huchins  of  $5.49." 

John  C.  Page 
Timothy  Haynes 
E.  K.  Webster 
Accepted. 


298     Records  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society 

The  Committee  to  nominate  Officers  of  the  Society 
reported,  and  the  following  gentlemen  were  chosen  Officers 
for  the  ensuing  year,  viz. 

Enos  Hojt,  M.  D.  President 

Luke  Howe,  M.  D.  Vice  President 

James  B.  Abbott,  M.  D.  Secretary 

Dixi  Crosb}^  M.  D.  Treasurer 


John  Carr 
Jacob  Shaw 


Counsellors 
Centre  Dist. 


Stephen  Drew  M.  D.      <-,,     p,     ,  -r-v  i. 
-^  ^ ,    -  _    ^.     ,  ,    T-.  Strafford  Dist. 

Noah  Martm  M.  D.     \ 

Francis  P.  Fitch  M.  D. 

Micah  Eldridge  ISI.  D. 

R.  D.  Mussey  M.  D.  /  ^  ,^  ^.  ^ 
■^  .  ,  ^,.  ^r  ^  I  Grafton  Dist 
Daniel  Ohver  iVI.  D.     J 

Thomas   Bassett  J\I.  D 

Josiah  Bartlett  M.  D. 

James  Bachelder  M.  D 

Samuel  Webber  M.  D. 


Southern  Dist 


Rockingham  Dist. 
Western  Dist. 


Moses  Hill  M.  D. 

R.  P.  J.  Tenney,  M.  D. 

John  P.  Elkins  M.  D. 

Joseph  H.  Smith  M.  D. 

Thomas  Bassett  M.  D. 

Josiah  Bartlett  M.  D. 

Amos   Twitchell  M.  D. 

Luke  Howe  M.  D. 

Matthias  Spalding  M.  D.  )   r,     .■,         -r^.  . 
^.  ,       ,„-,,•  Tir    T-.    ^   Southern  Dist. 

Richard  Wilhams  M.  D.  ) 

Reuben  D.  Mussey  M.  D.   /    ^     ^,       ^-^  •.. 
_^     .  ,  ^,.        ,,    T^  (jratton  Dist. 

Daniel  Ohver  M.  D.  \ 

John  C.  Page  ISL  D.  )   ^  ,       ,      ,     „ 

Moses  Hill  M.  D.  ^'^'^^'''  '^  ^^'''''^'' 


Censors 
I   Centre  Dist. 
!   Strafford  Dist. 
Rockingham  Dist. 
Western  Dist. 


Records  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society     299 


James  Bachelder  M.  D. 
Stephen  Drew  M.  D. 
Timothy  Haynes  M.  D. 
James  F.  Sargent 
Hezekiah  Eldridge  M.  D. 
Jos*^  F.  Hall  M.  D. 


Substitutes 
Orators  for  1839 
Substitutes. 


The  Committee  to  whom  was  referred  the  subject  of 
interchange  of  Delegation  &c.  made  the  following  report. 

The  Committee  to  which  was  referred  the  recommenda- 
tion of  the  Council,  respecting  an  interchange  of  Delegation 
with  the  medical  Societies  of  the  eastern  States,  and  also 
the  recommendation  respecting  a  National  Convention, 
having  taken  the  subject  into  consideration,  make  the 
following  report. 

With  regard  to  the  first,  that  the  Secretary  write  the 
secretaries  of  the  several  State  Medical  Societies  in  the 
eastern  States  requesting  a  Delegation  to  be  sent  to  the 
annual  meeting  of  our  Society. 

With  regard  to  the  second,  that  this  Society  recommend 
an  annual  National  Convention,  to  consist  of  Delegates 
from  the  various  medical  Schools  and  Societies  in  the  Union, 
that  the  first  Convention  be  proposed  to  be  holden  A.  D. 
1840  and  that  the  Sec'y  send  a  notice  of  this  recommenda- 
tion to  be  published  in  the  Boston  Med.  &  Surg.  Journal 
and  the  American  Journal  of  Medical  Sciences. 

Luke  Howe 
Dixi  Crosby 
James  B.  Abbott 
Accepted 
The  Committee  on  patients  reported.      Accepted. 

Voted  that  Doct  Howe  have  an  opportunity  to  exhibit  his 
splints,  and  explain  their  nature  and  application. 
Adjourned  half  an  hour. 

Met  agreeably  to  adjournment. 
The    Committee    on    Doct.    Howe's    Sphnts    made    the 
following  report. 


300     Records  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society 

The  committee  appointed  to  examine  Dr.  Howe's  im- 
proved apparatus  for  fracture  of  the  femur  and  leg,  so  far 
as  they  have  been  able,  from  a  partial  examination,  to 
ascertain  its  merits,  consider  it  worthy  of  trial,  and  recom- 
mend it  to  the  attention  of  the  Society  and  to  practitioners 
in  general. 

Thomas  P.  Hill 
Timothy  Haynes 
Accepted 

Adjourned 

Attest,  James  B.  Abbott, 

Secretary. 


June  3d,  1839 

The  Council  of  the  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society 
assembled  at  the  Phoenix  Hotel  in  Concord  agreeably  to 
previous  notice. 

Members  present,  Drs.  Hoyt,  Howe,  Drew,  Straw  and 
the  Secretary. 

The  following  gentlemen  were  proposed  as  suitable 
candidates  for  membership  in  the  Society  viz.  Levi  G. 
Hill  M.  D.  SaHsbury,  J.  G.  Graves  M.  D.  Nashua,  Nahum 
Wight  M.  D.  Gilmanton,  and  Charles  E.  Parker  M.  D.  of 
Alstead. 

Voted  to  recommend  that  the  article  in  the  By-laws 
respecting  consultations,  be  strictly  adhered  to,  by  the 
members  of  the  Society. 

Adjourned  till  tomorrow  morning  9  o'clock. 

June  4 

Met  agreeably  to  adjournment 
Voted  to  recommend  the  following  gentlemen  as  candi- 
dates for  election  viz.  Jacob  C.  Hanson  M.  D.  Andover, 
Levi  S.  Bartlett  M.  D.  &  Ezra  B.  Gale  M.  D.  Kingston, 
John  A.  Dana  M.  D.  New  Hampton,  Moody  C.  Sawyer 
M.  D.  Bristol,  Charles  A.  Savory  M.  D.  Hopkinton,  Ed- 
ward B.  Moore  M.  D.  Epping,  Moses  R.  Warren  M.  D. 


Records  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society     301 

Middleton,  Jacob  S.  Eaton  M.  D.  Bristol  and  L.  M.  Knight 
M.  D.  Thornton. 

Voted  that  D^^  Albert  Bartlett  M.  D.  of  Claremont,  and 
M.  R.  Fletcher  M.  D.  of  Boston  be  invited  by  the  President 
to  take  seats  with  the  Society  and  dine  with  us. 

Voted  that  D''  Albert  Bartlett  of  Claremont  be  recom- 
mended for  membership,  when  he  shall  have  become  an 
associate. 

Proceeded  to  the  election  of  Orators  for  1840  and  ap- 
pointed D'■^  Howe  of  Jaffrey  and  Bassett  of  Kingston. 

Appointed  the  President  to  read  the  public  Dissertation. 
Adjourned 
Attest 

James  B.  Abbott  Secretary 

June  4th,  1839 

The  Newhampshire  Medical  Society  assembled  agree- 
ably to  previous  notice,  at  the  Phoenix  Hotel  in  Concord. 

Members  present.  Drs.  Hoyt,  Crosby,  Abbott,  J. 
Bartlett,  Bassett,  Sargent,  Gregg,  N.  Sanborn,  J.  Sanborn, 
Chadbourne,  M.  Crillis,  Dousman,  Webster,  Bachelder, 
Haynes,  H.  Eldridge,  M.  Eldridge,  J.  Wilson,  Carter, 
J.  P.  Elkins,  Hall,  Page,  Straw,  Howe,  M.  Hill,  Blaisdell, 
Tenney,  Elliot,  Williams,  and  Wallace. 

The  proceedings  of  the  Society  and  Council  at  their  last 
meeting  were  read  by  the  Secretary. 

Proceeded  to  the  election  of  Members  .  .  .  and 
the  following  gentlemen  were  unanimously  elected  viz. 
Levi  G.  Hill  M.  D.  Salisbury,  J.  G.  Graves  M.  D.  Nashua, 
Nahum  Wight  M.  D.  Gilmanton,  Charles  E.  Parker  M.  D. 
Alstead,  Jacob  C.  Hanson  M.  D.  Andover,  Levi  S.  Bartlett, 
M.  D.  Kingston,  Ezra  B.  Gale  M.  D.  Kingston,  Charles  A. 
Savory  M.  D.  Hopkinton,  John  A.  Dana  M.  D.  Newhamp- 
ton.  Moody  C.  Sawyer  M.  D.  Bristol,  Edward  B.  Moore,. 
M.  D.  Epping,  L.  M.  Knight  M.  D.  Thornton,  and  Moses  R. 
Wallace  [Warren]  M.  D.  Middleton. 

Drs.  J.  Wilson  and  E.  K.  Webster  were  chosen  a  Com- 
mittee to  inform  the  members  elect  of  their  election  and 
introduce    them    to    the    Society — and    subsequently    the 


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following  Gentlemen  were  introduced  and  took  their  seats 
with  the  Society,  viz.  Drs.  L.  G.  Hill,  N.  Wight,  J.  C. 
Hanson,  C.  A.  Savory,  J.  A.  Dana,  E.  B.  Moore  and  L.  M. 
Knight . 

The  following  Gentlemen  were  appointed  a  Committee 
to  examine  patients,  Drs.  D.  Crosby,  J.  Wilson,  Chadbourne 
and  Dousman. 

A  Dissertation  on  Rheumatism  read  b}^  the  President. 

Dissertation  on  Procidentia  Uteri,        by  Dr.  Haynes. 

Memoir  of  Doct.  Bartlett,  by  Dr.  J.  Bartlett. 

Memoir  of  Doct.  Tilton,  by  Dr.  Webster. 

Drs.  Elkins,  Carr,  and  Webster,  chosen  a  committee  to 
audit  the  Treasurers  account. 

Voted  to  pospone  the  case  of  Dr.  Waterhouse  one  year, 
and  that  the  Secretary  endeavor  to  obtain  information 
during  that  time. 

Adjourned  one  hour. 

Met  agreeably  to  adjournment. 

Chose  Dr.  Bartlett  a  Committee  to  obtain  a  copy  of  the 
last  will  of  his  Uncle  (Dr.  Bartlett,)  respecting  the  Dona- 
tion to  the  Society. 

Chose  Drs.  Sargent,  L.  G.  Hill  and  Wight  a  Committee 
to  request  a  copy  of  the  Memoir  of  Dr.  Bartlett  for  the 
press,  and  to  publish  the  same. 

The  Committee  on  the  By-laws  made  the  following 
Report — 

"  The  Committee  appointed  to  take  into  consideration 
the  subject  of  revising  the  By-laws  of  the  Society  have 
attended  to  the  duty  assigned  them  and  would  recommend 
that  a  committee  be  appointed  to  make  a  revision  of  said 
B^'-laws,  and  report  the  same  at  the  next  annual  meeting 
of  the  Society 

James  F.  Sargent- — for  the  Committee. 

The  report  was  accepted,  and  Drs.  Sargent,  Chadbourne 
and  Haynes  were  chosen  a  committee  for  the  above  purpose. 

Voted  that  Dr.  Josiah  Crosby,  who  has  resided  out  of  the 
State,  and  been  dismissed  from  the  Society  agreeably  to 
his  request,  be  restored  to  his  membership  in  this  Society. 


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The  Secretary  read  reports  from  the  Southern  &  Rocking- 
ham Districts — Drs.  Hill,  and  Dousman,  Secretaries  of  the 
Centre  and  Western  Districts,  were  excused. 

Voted  that  the  Secretary  write  the  delinquent  Dist. 
Secretaries  and  inform  them  of  the  penalty  for  neglect. 

The  Secretary  read  the  last  year's  report  of  Cases,  and 
the  results  of  treatment  were  given  so  far  as  ascertained. 

The  Delegates  to  Hanover  made  the  following 
Report. 

"  The  Delegates  chosen  by  the  N.  H.  Med.  Society  at 
their  last  Annual  Meeting  to  attend  the  examination  of 
Medical  Students  for  a  degree  of  M.  D.  at  the  Med.  Institu- 
tion at  Hanover,  submit  the  following  report — Having 
been  notified  of  the  time  of  examination  by  Prof.  Mussey 
we  attended  agreeably  to  notice.  Fifteen  Students  pre- 
sented themselves  for  examination.  Most  of  them  sustained 
a  good  examination,  and  gave  promise  of  future  usefulness. 

One  of  them  especially  a  young  man  of  Colour,  from 
Liberia,  South  Africa  deserves  high  commendation,  both 
for  native  talent,  and  literary  and  medical  acquirements. 
The  promptness  with  which  every  question  was  answered, 
his  ease  and  grace  of  manners  impressed  the  belief  that  he 
will  take  an  elevated  stand  in  the  Profession. 

In  regard  to  the  state  of  the  Medical  Institution,  it  is 
difficult  to  speak — Seeing  so  little,  as  delegates  must,  being 
present  but  a  few  days,  and  their  attention  being  mostly 
occupied  in  the  examination  of  the  students. 

The  number  examined  was  small,  but  this  much  we  can 
say,  that  so  far  as  the  appearance  and  qualifications  of  the 
students,  bespeak  the  merits  of  the  Institution,  it  was  to 
its  praise. 

Your  Delegates  were  cordially  received,  and  all  the 
opportunities  given  to  examine,  to  their  entire  satisfaction, 
all  the  students  presented  for  a  degree.  The  Professors 
seemed  desirous  that  a  thorough  investigation  of  the 
qualifications  of  each  student  should  be  gone  into. 

It  is  probably  well  know  to  all  present  that  the  close  of 
the  Lectures  last  fall,  closed  the  connection  of  Professors 


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Mussey  and  Oliver  with  our  medical  Institution — and  it  is 
due,  to  say,  that  they  sustained  to  the  last  that  dignity 
and  high  sense  of  duty  that  have  ever  characterized  them. 

The  indefatigable  efforts  which  they  have  made  to  sustain 
the  interest  and  prosperity  of  the  Medical  Institution  & 
medical  Science  generally,  should  call  forth  our  gratitude 
and  high  commendation,  and  should  hereafter  be  the  sub- 
ject of  extended  remark.  The  ^ledical  Institution,  so  far 
as  the  Professors  are  concerned  has  undergone  almost  an 
entire  revolution.  But  from  the  well  kno\ni  talents  and 
perseverance  of  the  present  Professors,  and  the  speedy 
filling  up  of  the  Anatomical  Museum,  we  are  encouraged 
to  hope  much:  and  trust  that  our  most  sanguine  expecta- 
tions will  not  be  disappointed.  From  what  we  have  seen 
and  learned,  we  are  of  the  belief  that  the  Museum,  sofar 
as  the  preparations  for  demonstration  are  concerned,  will 
equal,  if  not  surpass  what  it  ever  has  been. 

This  Institution  deserves  the  fostering  care  of  all  the 
members  of  this  -Society;  and  its  future  prosperity  will, 
in  many  important  respects  depend  upon  the  interest 
manifested. 

John  C.  Page 


Moses  Hill        '    ^^^^^^^^^ 

On  motion.  Voted  that  D^  Howe  exhibit  his  Fracture 
Apparatus,  and  an  opportunity  be  given  him  to  explain 
their  manner  of  application. 

Adjourned  to  meet  tomorrow  morning  at  8  o'clock. 

Wednesday  Morning  June  5.    The  Societ}'  met  accord- 
ing to  adjournment. 

The  Committee  to  audit  the  Treasurer's  account  re- 
ported; by  which  it  appears  that  there  is  now  in  the  Trea- 
surer's hands  S4.42. 

The  article  in  the  By-laws  respecting  Consultations  was 
discussed,  which  resulted  in  the  adoption  of  the  following 
Resolution — That  it  is  disreputable  for  any  fellow  of  this 
Society  to  leave  with  any  patient,  his  written  prescription 
or  opinion,  in  any  case  where  he  has  satisfactory  evidence 


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that  such  prescription  will  go  into  the  hands,  and  be  ad- 
ministered by  an  empyrick,  or  any  pretender,  not  in 
fellowship  with  the  faculty  of  Medicine. 

The  Committee  on  the  nomination  of  Officers  reported: 
the  report  was  adopted,  and  the  following  gentlemen  elected 
officers  of  the  Society  for  the  ensuing  year. 

Enos  Hoyt  M.  D.    President 

Luke  Howe  M.  D.    Vice  President 

James  B.  Abbott  M.  D.    Secretary 

Dixi  Crosby  M.  D.    Treasurer 

Counsellors. 
John  Carr  M.  D.        /   p     . 
John  S.  Elliot  M.  D.  \   ^""^    "^ 
Stephen  Drew  M.  D.  )   ^,     a-     ^ 
J.  S.  Fernald  M.  D.   \  ^''^^""'^ 
Francis  P.  Fitch  M.  D.      )   ^,     ,, 
Richard  Williams  M.  D.    \   ^^^*^'^^ 
Joseph  Dalton  M.  D.  }   ^     ,  .     , 

Edward  B.Moore  M.D.I   Rockingham 

John  B.  Dousman  M.  D.  i   .^ 
James  Bachelder  M.  D.      ) 

Censors. 

Moses  Hill  M.  D.  |  n     + 

R.  P.  J.  Tenney  M.  D.  \  ^^^^''^^ 

John  P.  Elkins  M.  D.     )  ^,    ^     , 

Joseph  H.  Smith  M.D.l  ^^'^^^'^ 

Josiah  Bartlett  M.  D.    )  „     ,  .     , 

Thomas  Bassett  M.D.l  Rockingham 

Matthias  Spalding  M.  D.  )   ^i     xi. 

Micah  Eldridge  Mr  D.  \   ^°^*^"'^ 

Amos  Twitchell  M.  D.  )  ,„    , 

Luke  Howe  M.  D.  \  ^^^'^^'^ 

R.  P.  J.  Tenney  M.  D.  )  ^  ,       ,     ,    ^^ 

James  Bachelder  M.D.  i  legates  to  Hanover. 

The  Committee  on  Trusses  made  the  following 
Report — That  there  were  presented  for  their  consideration 
four   different   kinds   viz.     Chase's   by   Dr.   Chadbourne 


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Shakers'  by  Dr.  Corbett,  Dr.  Fletcher's  by  the  inventor 
&  Phelps'  by  the  inventor. — The  Committee  take  pleasure 
in  saying  that  the  mechanical  execution  of  all  was  very 
good,  and  several  were  of  beautiful  workmanship,  and 
speaks  well  for  the  taste  and  good  judgment  of  the 
inventors. 

So  much  attention  has  been  given  to  the  subject  of 
Hernia,  and  so  many  improvements  have  been  made  in 
trusses,  since  the  report  of  a  former  committee  of  this 
Society;  and  believing  from  the  evidence  submitted  to 
your  committee  that  they  all  possess  a  good  degree  of 
efficiency,  and  are  well  adapted  to  accomplish  a  retention, 
and  in  many  instances  a  radical  cure  in  the  great  variety  of 
cases  of  Hernia, 

Therefore, — your  Committee  cannot  from  the  evidence 
exhibited  at  this  time  give  a  decided  preference  to  any  one 
instrument  as  perfectly  adapted  to  all  the  varieties  of 
Hernia. 

Dixi  Crosby 
Report  accepted.  Luke  Howe 

Timothy  Haynes 

On  motion— The  following  gentlemen  were  appointed  a 
committee  to  prepare  a  resolution  relative  to  the  new 
organization  at  Dartmouth  College — Drs.  Howe,  Sargent  & 
Haynes. 

Voted  that  any  gentlemen  present,  inventors  or  manu- 
facturers of  Trusses,  be  permitted  to  make  remarks  before 
the  Society. 

The  following  Resolution  was  submitted  and  adopted,  viz. 

Resolved  that  one  of  the  Annual  Dissertations  appointed 
to  be  read  before  the  Society,  at  its  annual  meetings,  be 
delivered  in  public,  and  the  appointment  made  accordingly, 
unless  the  person  so  appointed  give  notice  to  the  contrary. 

The  Committee  to  examine  and  prescribe  for  patients 
reported.    Report  accepted. 

The  members  were  called  upon  to  report  important 
cases  which  may  have  come  under  their  observation,  and 
several  were  reported  of  deep  interest. 


Records  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society     307 

Voted  that  Dr.  J.  Crosby  be  requested  to  take  means  to 
test  the  virtues  of  the  vaccine  virus,  which  has  been  recently 
taken  from  a  Cow  in  Gilford. 

Voted  that  500  Copies  of  the  memoir  of  Dr.  Bartlett  be 
printed,  to  be  deposited  with  the  Secretary;  and  that  each 
member  be  furnished  with,  at  least,  one  copy. 

Voted  that  the  case  of  Dr.  Gregg  be  indefinitely  posponed. 

The  following  Resolution  as  reported  by  the  Committee 
was  unanimously  adopted,  viz. 

Whereas,  the  N.  H.  Medical  Institution  at  Dart.  College 
having  undergone  an  entire  reorganization  since  the  resigna- 
tion of  the  late  Professors  Mussey  and  Oliver — 

Resolved — that  we  have  full  confidence  in  the  ability  of 
the  new  Faculty,  and  will  continue  our  efforts  to  promote 
the  usefulness  of  the  Institution. 

Voted  that  Prof.  Crosby  be  a  committee  to  exert  his 
influence  to  reorganize  the  Grafton  Dist.  Medical  Society. 

Voted  that  a  Committee  of  correspondence  consisting  of 
one  from  each  Dist.  be  appointed  to  collect  information 
respecting  the  treatment  of  Scarlatina,  and  communicate 
it  to  the  Secretary  of  this  Society  in  season  for  him  to  re- 
port at  the  next  annual  meeting.  .  .  .  The  following 
gentlemen  were  appointed  said  Committee  viz.  For  the 
Centre  Dist.  Dr.  Gregg;  Strafford  Dist.  Dr.  Drew;  South- 
ern Dist.  Dr.  D.  Adams;  Rockingham  Dist.  Dr.  Moore; 
Western  Dist.  Dr.  Bachelder;  Grafton  Dist.  Dr.  Crosby; 
White  Mountain  Dist.  Dr.  Knight. 
On  motion  adjourned  sine  die. 
Attest 

James  B.  Abbott  Secretary. 


State  of  New  Hampshire 

We  the  Censors  of  the  N.  H.  Medical  Society,  duly 
appointed  and  authorized  have  examined  William  H. 
Smart,  in  the  various  branches  of  Medical  Science,  and 
having  found  him  qualified,  do  approbate  and  license  him  a 


308     Records  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society 

Practitioner  in  Medicine,  Surgery  and  Obstetrics,  agree- 
ably to  the  laws  and  regulations  of  the  N.  H.  Medical 
Society. 

Given  under  our  hands  this  17th  day  of  April  A.  D. 
1839 

Moses  Hill  )   ^, 

R.  P.  J.  Tenney   j   ^^"^^^^ 
Attest 

James  B.  Abbott  Secretary. 


State  of  New  Hampshire 
We   the   Censors  of  the  N.   H.   Medical   Society  duly 
appointed  and  authorized,  have  examined  Charles  G.  Saf- 
ford  in  the  various  branches  of  medical  Science,  and  having 
found   him   qualified,    do   approbate   and   license   him,    a 
practitioner  in  Medicine,  Surgery  and  Obstetricks,  agree- 
ably to  the  laws  and  regulations  of  the  N.  H.  Med.  Society. 
Given  under  our  hands  this  4th  day  of  June,  1839. 
Moses  Hill 


R.  P.  J.  Tenney   '   ^^^^"^^ 
Attest  James  B.  Abbott  Secretary 


State  of  New  Hampshire 

We  the  Censors  of  the  N.  H.  Medical  Society,  duly 
appointed  and  authorized,  have  examined  James  A.  Tilton 
in  the  various  branches  of  Medical  Science;  and  having 
found  him  qualified,  do  approbate  and  license  him  a 
Practitioner  in  Medicine,  Surgery  and  Obstetricks,  agree- 
ably to  the  laws  and  regulations  of  the  N.  H.  Medical 
Society 

Given  under  our  hands  this  23d  day  of  June  A.  D. 
1839 

R.  P.  J.  Tenney  )   ^ 

T»x         TT-1,  i   Censors 

Moses  Hill  S 

Attest 

James  B.  Abbott  Secretary. 


Records  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society     309 

September  25th  1839 

The  N.  H.  Medical  Society  held  a  special  Meeting, 
agreeably  to  previous  notice,  at  Smith's  Tavern  in  Salis- 
bury, 

Members  present — Drs.  Carr,  Hoyt,  Blaisdell,  L.  G. 
Hill,  Hanson,  Webster,  Straw,  H.  Eldridge,  Chadbourne, 
Merrill,  Sargent  and  J.  Wilson. 

The  Secretary  being  absent,  chose  Dr.  Chadbourne 
Secretary  Pro  tern. 

The  following  gentlemen  were  recommended  by  the 
Council  and  elected  Fellows  of  this  Society  viz  Moses  T. 
Willard  M.  D.  Concord,  Hanover  Dickey  M.  D.  Epsom, 
Charles  P.  Gage  M.  D.  Concord,  Wm.  W.  Proctor  M.  D. 
Hill,  and  Joseph  Gould  M.  D.  Gilmanton. 

Voted  that  Dr.  Wight  be  Treasurer  pro  tem. 

Dr.  Haynes  of  Concord  was  appointed  a  committee  to 
inform  the  members  elect  of  their  election,  and  introduce 
them  to  the  Society — Drs.  Willard,  Dickey,  Gage,  & 
Proctor  appeared  and  took  their  seats  with  the  Society. 

The  Secretary  of  the  Society  arrived  and  read  the  follow- 
ing Circular  from  the  N.  York  Medical  Society — 

"  Medical  Society  of  the  State  of  N.  York. 

"  At  a  Meeting  of  the  Medical  Society 
of  the  State  of  New  York,  held  Feb.  7,  1839  the  following 
resolution  was  adopted: 

"  Whereas  a  National  Medical  Convention  would  advance 
in  the  apprehension  of  this  Society,  the  cause  of  the  Medical 
Profession  throughout  our  land,  in  thus  affording  an  inter- 
change of  views  and  sentiments  on  the  most  interesting  of 
all  subjects,  that  involving  man's  health,  and  the  means  of 
securing  or  recovering  the  same:  Therefore  resolved,  that 
in  our  opinion  such  convention  is  deemed  advisable  and 
important;  and  we  would  hence  recommend  that  it  be  held 
in  the  year  1840,  on  the  1st  Tuesday  in  May  of  that  year, 
in  the  City  of  Philadelphia  and  that  it  consist  of  three 
Delegates  from  each  State  Medical  Society,  and  one  from 
each  regularly  constituted  Medical  School  in  the  United 
States;  and  that  the  President  and  Secretary  of  this  Society 


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be,  and  they  are  hereby  instructed  and  required  to  transmio 
as  soon  as  may  be,  a  circular  to  that  effect,  to  each  State 
Medical  Society  and  medical  School  in  the  United  States." 
By  order, 

Lawrens  Hull  M.D.  President 
P.  Xsin  Olinda  Secretary. 

Agreeably  to  the  request  of  this  Circular  the  Society 

Voted  to  choose  three  Delegates  to  attend  said  Conven- 
tion and  made  choice  of  the  following  gentlemen  viz 
Luke  Howe  M.  D.  Thomas  P.  Hill  M.  D.  and  Thomas 
Chadbourne  M.  D. 

The  following  were  chosen  their  Substitutes    viz. 
Jacob  Straw  M.  D.  Ezra  Carter  M.  D.  and  Noah  Mar- 
tin M.  D. 

Voted  to  choose  three  Delegates  to  the  Convention  to  be 
holden  at  Washington  on  the  first  Monday  of  Jan.  next, 
for  the  purpose  of  revising  the  U.  S.  Pharmacopoeia  agree- 
ably to  the  call  of  Lewis  Condict  M.  D.  President  of  the 
Convention  of  1830. 

The  following  gentlemen  were  chosen  on  the  above 
Delegation  viz.  Dixi  Crosby  M.  D.  Daniel  Adams  M.  D.  & 
Amos  Twitchell  M.  D.  Substitutes — John  B.  Dousman 
M.  D.  Josiah  Bartlett  M.  D.  and  Robert  Burns  M.  D. 

Voted  that  the  Society  pay  no  expenses  of  the  above 
Delegations. 

Voted  that  this  Society  pay  half  of  the  expenses  incurred 
this  day  by  this  Society  and  the  C.  D.  Med.  Society. 

Voted  that  this  meeting  be  dissolved. 

Attest  James  B.  Abbott  Secretary. 

Concord  June  1,  1840 

The  Council  of  the  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society 
assembled  at  the  Phoenix  Hotel  in  Concord  agreeably  to 
previous  notice. 

Members  present — D'\  Hoyt,  Howe,  Fitch,  Bacheller, 
Dousman,  Williams  &  Abbott. 


Recokds  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society     311 

A  petition  from  D".  Flanders  of  N.  Londonderry,  and 
Walker  of  Bedford,  for  a  new  Dist.  Society  was  received 
and  read. 

Voted  that  the  subject  be  referred  to  the  Society. 

The  following  gentlemen  were  proposed  as  suitable 
candidates  for  fellowship  in  the  Society  viz.  Edward  Spaul- 
ding  M.  D.  of  Nashua,  James  Danforth  M.  D.  of  N.  Boston, 
Alonzo  F.  Carr  M.  D.  of  Goffstown,  Thomas  H.  Marshall 
M.  D.  Mason  Village,  Samuel  D.  King  M.  D.  of  Swansey 
&  Benj.  E.  Sawyer  M.  D.  of  Boscawen. 

Voted  to  recommend  that  all  arrearages  of  all  members 
be  collected  by  the  Treasurer  of  the  Society. 

Voted  to  adjourn  till  tomorrow  morning  at  9  o'clock. 

Tuesday,  June  2,  1840. 

The  Council  assembled  agreeably  to  adjournment. 

On  motion  voted  to  recommend  that  Prof.  R.  D.  Mussey 
M.  D.  be  dismissed  from  this  Society  agreeably  to  his 
request;  and  that  he  be  proposed  for  honourary  member- 
ship in  the  Society. 

On  motion  voted  to  recommend  that  Prof.  0.  P.  Hubbard 
M.  D.  medical  Instructer  at  Dartmouth  College,  be  elected 
an  honourary  member  of  this  Society. 

Voted  to  propose  as  suitable  candidates  for  membership 
in  the  Society  Dr.  James  A.  Tilton  Chichester,  David 
Harris  M.  D.  of  Brooklyne,  Horace  Gage  M.  D.  Hopkinton, 
Amos  G.  Gale  M.  D.  Hooksett,  Warren  E.  Chase  M.  D. 
Boscawen,  Jacob  S.  Eaton  M.  D.  Bristol,  WiUiam  Brown 
M.  D.  Chester,  Josiah  C.  Eastmen  M.  D.  Hampstead,  H.  M. 
Hook  M.  D.  Hudson,  and  Doct.  Israel  Burnham  Antrim. 

Appointed  D''^  Josiah  Crosby  and  Francis  P.  Fitch 
Orators  for  1841 

Attest  James  B.  Abbott  Secretary 

June  2,  1840 

The  Newhampshire  Medical  Society  assembled  agree- 
ably to  previous  notice,  at  the  Phoenix  Hotel  in  Concord. 

Members  present — Drs.  Hoyt,  D.  Crosby,  Willard, 
Carter,     Abbott,     Howe,     Bacheller,     Carr,     McGregory, 


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N.  Sanborn,  I.  Colby,  J.  Crosby,  Chadbourne,  Gage^. 
Proctor,  Savory,  Sargent,  Bartlett,  Dousman,  'M.  Hill, 
H.  Eldridge,  Gregg,  Hanson,  Elliot,  Haynes,  Fitch,  Dickey, 
M.  Eldridge,  Page,  Tenney,  T.  P.  Hill,  Willard,  R.  Williams, 
Knight,  Straw  &  T.  Elkins. 

The  Secretary  read  the  proceedings  of  the  last  Meeting 
of  the  Society  and  of  the  Council. 

Proceeded  to  the  election  of  Members,  and  elected 
Edward  Spalding  ]\I.  D.  of  Nashua,  James  Danforth,  M.  D. 
of  New  Boston,  Alonzo  F.  Carr  M.  D.  Goffstown,  Thomas 
H.  Marshall  M.  D.  Mason  Village,  Samuel  D.  King  M.  D. 
Swansey,  D''.  James  A.  Tilton  Chichester,  David  Harris 
M.  D.  Brooklyne,  Horace  Gage  M.  D.  Hopkinton,  Amos  G. 
Gale  M.  D.  Hooksett,  Warren  E.  Chase  iM.  D.  Boscawen, 
WilHam  Brown  M.  D.  Chester,  Benjamin  E.  Sawyer  M.  D. 
Boscawen,  Josiah  C.  Eastmen  M.  D.  Hampstead,  H.  M. 
Hook  M.  D.  Hudson,  Dr.  Israel  Burnham  Antrim,  &  John 
[Jacob]  S.  Eaton  M.  D.  Bristol. 

Voted  that  Prof.  R.  D.  Mussey  be  dismissed  from  this 
Society  agreeably  to  his  request,  and  be  elected  an  Honour- 
ary  member  of  the  Society. 

Voted  that  Dr.  Isaac  Colby,  (having  been  al)sent  from 
the  State  a  number  of  years,)  be  reinstated  a  Memljer  of 
this  Society. 

Elected  Prof.  0.  P.  Hubbard  of  Hanover,  an  Honourary 
Member  of  this  Society. 

The  following  gentlemen,  members  elect,  were  introduced, 
and  took  their  seats  with  the  Society  viz.  Drs.  Gale  of 
Kingston,  Sawyer  of  Bristol,  Chase  &  Sawyer  of  Boscawen, 
Tilton  of  Chichester,  Carr  of  Goffstown,  Gage  of  Hopkinton, 
Eaton  of  Bristol,  Gale  of  Hooksett,  Brown  of  Chester,  and 
Eastman  of  Hampstead. 

Dr.  Howe  read  a  Dissertation  upon  Midwifery. 

Dr.  Bachelder  read  a  Dissertation  upon  Scarlatina. 

The  following  Gentlemen  were  appointed  a  Committee 
to  nominate  Officers  viz.  D'■^  Bachelder,  Fitch,  Abbott, 
D.  Crosby,  Bartlett  &  M.  Hill. 

Adjourned  to  dine — to  meet  in  one  hour 


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Met  agreeably  to  adjournment. 

D".  Sargent,  Chase,  &  Dickey  were  appointed  a  com- 
mittee to  nominate  a  Committee  to  examine  Patients. 

D'■^  Carr,  M.  Eldridge  and  Haynes  were  chosen  a  Com- 
mittee to  audit  the  Treasurer's  account. 

Agreeably  to  the  report  of  the  Committee,  the  following 
gentlemen  were  appointed  to  examine  and  prescribe  for 
Patients  viz.  J.  Crosby,  H.  Eldridge,  J.  A.  Gregg  &  H. 
Dickey. 

The  following  Petition  relative  to  the  formation  of  a  new 
Dist.  Society  was  received  and  read. 

"  To  the  Council  of  the  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society. 

We  the  undersigned  petitioners,  respectfully  represent 
that  we  live  so  far  from  Amherst,  that  it  is  very  difficult, 
and  often  wholly  impracticable  for  us  to  attend  the  meet- 
ings of  the  Southern  District  Society.  That  it  would  be  for 
the  interest  and  convenience  of  many  Physicians  in  this 
and  adjacent  towns  were  a  new  Dist.  Society  formed;  the 
object  of  which  should  be  the  promotion  of  the  Science  of 
Medicine,  the  cultivation  of  a  friendly  intercourse  between 
the  members  of  the  Profession,  a  rigid  opposition  to  every 
species  of  quackery,  and  the  elevation  of  the  professional 
character  generally. 

That  Manchester  is  a  central  situation,  is  a  place  of 
much  business,  has  a  large  and  increasing  population,  is 
the  residence  of  several  physicians,  and  consequently  would 
be  a  proper  place  to  hold  its  meetings. — We  there- 
fore pray  that  we  may  be  set  ofT  into  a  new  Society  to  be 
called  the  Manchester  Medical  Association,  to  hold  our 
meetings  at  Manchester,  and  to  be  governed  by  a  similar 
Constitution   and   Bj^-laws  to   those   of   other   Societies  " 

.     .     .     Signed Silas  Walker 

Manchester  May  18,  1840  David  Flanders 

Voted  that  the  subject  of  the  above  petition  be  posponed 
to  the  next  meeting  of  the  Society,  and  that  the  Secretary 
inform  the  Petitioners,  and  the  Secretaries  of  the  Southern 
and  Rockingham  Districts  of  this  vote;  and  that  if  no  valid 


314     Records  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society 

objection  be  made,  the  Society  will  act  upon  the  subject 
at  the  next  meeting. 

Doct.  J.  Bartlett  reported  the  following  extract  from  the 
Will  of  the  late  Hon.  Josiah  Bartlett,  relative  to  a  donation 
to  this  Society. 

"  Item.  I  give  and  bequeath  to  my  beloved  Brother 
Ezra  Bartlett  of  Haverhill,  in  the  country  of  Grafton  and 
State,  of  New  Hampshire  Esqr.  and  to  his  heirs  and  assigns 
forever  all  the  property  I  shall  possess  in  the  town  of  Warren 
in  the  said  County  of  Grafton,  he  pajdng  within  eight  years 
from  possession  the  following  legacies  (viz.)  to  Josiah 
Calef,  son  of  my  late  beloved  Sister  Miriam  Calef,  or  his 
son  Josiah  Bartlett  Calef,  one  hundred  dollars — to  Miriam 
Eastman  daughter  of  said  Miriam  Calef,  fifty  dollars — 
to  Josiah  B.  Greeley,  son  of  my  late  beloved  Sister  Mary 
Greely,  one  hundred  dollars — to.  Josiah  B.  True,  Son  of  my 
late  beloved  Sister  Rhoda  True,  one  hundred  and  fifty 
dollars,  provided  the  said  True  shall  have  paid  up  my 
demands  against  him;  if  it  shall  not  have  been  paid,  this 
legacy  is  not  to  be  paid  him — and  to  the  New  Hampshire 
Medical  Society  two  hundred  dollars,  on  condition  that  it 
be  kept  on  interest  ten  years,  the  product  of  which  with 
the  original  sum  to  be  a  permanent  fund,  the  annual 
income  to  be  expended  for  the  benefit  of  medical  science 
as  may  be  directed  by  a  vote  or  votes  of  said  Society." 

The  foregoing  is  a  true  extract  from  the  last  Will  and 
Testiment  of  Josiah  Bartlett  Esqr.  late  of  Stratham,  in  the 
County  of  Rockingham  dec'd  testate. 

Attest  John  Kelley 

Proved  May  1838  Reg'r  of  Probate  for  said  County 

Drs.  Moses  Hill,  J.  B.  McGregory  &  Richard  WiUiams 
were  chosen  a  Committee  to  confer  with  a  Committee  from 
the  C.  D.  Med.  Society  on  publishing  Dissertations  &c. 

The  Committee  to  revise  the  By-laws  reported. 

Voted  that  Dr.  Hoyt  be  added  to  the  Committee. 

The  revision  of  the  By-laws  as  reported  was  adopted,  and 
the  Society  directed,  that  in  their  republication  the  Charter 


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be  omitted,   and  that  all  standing  rules  of  the  Society, 
adopted  since  the  last  revision  of  the  By-laws,  be  incor- 
porated with  the  present  revision. 
Adjourned  half  an  hour. 
Met  agreeably  to  adjournment. 
The  Committee  on  Patients  reported:    Accepted. 
The  Committee  to  nominate  Officers  reported,  and  the 
following  were  ballotted  for,   and  elected  Officers  of  the 
Society  for  the  ensuing  year. 

Luke  Howe    Jaffrey    President 
Dixi  Crosby    Hanover    Vice  President 
James  B.  Abbott    Boscawen    Secretary 
Eliphalet  K.  Webster  Hill  Treasurer 

Counsellors 
John  S.  Elliot  Pittsfield 
Ezra  Carter  Concord 
J.  S.  Fernald  Barrington 
Richard  Russell  Somersworth 
Richard  Williams   Milford     { 
Micah  Eldridge  Nashua         ) 
Edward  B.  Moore  Epping 
Josiah  Bartlett  Stratham 
James  Bachelder  Marlborough 
John  B.  Dousman   Keene 


Centre  Dist 


Centre  Strafford 


Southern 


Rockingham 
[  Western 


Censors 
Timothy  Haynes  Concord 
Hezekiah  Eldridge  Pembroke 
Joseph  H.  Smith  Dover 
John  P.  Elkins   New  Durham 
Ezra  B.  Gale   Kingston 
Wilham  Brown  Chester 
Francis  P.  Fitch  Amherst 
Noah  Hardy  HoUis 
Amos  Twitchell  Keene 
Asahil  D.  Shurtleff  Ridge 
Josiah  Bartlett   Stratham 
Micah  Eldridge  Nashua 


Centre 


Strafford 


Rockingham 


Southern 


Western 


Delegates  to  Hanover 


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On   motion,   voted   that   Dr.    John   B.    McGregory   be- 
dismissed  from  this  Society  agreeably  to  his  request. 
Adjourned  till  tomorrow  morning  5  o'clock. 

Wednesday  June  3,  1840 

The  Society  met  according  to  adjournment. 
The  Auditors  of  the  Treasurer's  account,  Reported 
"  That  the  Treasurer  has  received  the  sum  of  SlSS-iVo" 
and  that  he  has  paid  out  for  which  he  has  good  vouchers 
the  sum  of  $101.47/100,  leaving  a  balance  in  his  hands  of 
$36.95/100. 

John  Carr 
Micah  Eldridge 

As  the  Committee  to  publish  the  Memoir  of  Dr.  Bartlett 
are  not  present  and  have  not  reported — therefore 

Voted  that  Dr.  J.  Bartlett  be  added  to  this  Committee. 

Dr.  J.  Crosby  was  called  upon  to  report  respecting  the 
vaccine  virus  taken  from  a  cow  in  Gilford. 

Dr.  Crosby  stated  that  some  of  the  matter  was  sent  to 
Dr.  Smith  of  Boston,  who  tried  it,  without  effect.  Dr.  C. 
succeeded  in  procuring  a  good  vaccine  pustule  in  a  case  in 
which  he  made  trial  of  it. 

The  Delegates  to  Hanover  made  the  follo^^'ing  Report. 

"As  Delegates  from  this  Society  to  attend  the  examina- 
tions at  Hanover,  we  would  say,  that  we  visited  the  Medical 
Institution,  at  the  close  of  the  last  lecture  term;  and  at- 
tended the  examinations  of  the  graduating  class;  which  we 
are  happy  to  say  evinced  the  fact,  that  the  various  branches 
of  their  studies,  had  received  a  good  degree  of  attention; 
and  some  of  the  young  gentlemen  examined  bid  fair  for 
usefulness  in  the  world,  and  eminence  in  their  profession. 

Twelve  students  presented  themselves  for  examination 
which  thej'  sustained  with  much  credit  to  themselves  and 
honour  to  their  Instructors. 

Your  Delegates  would  just  say,  that  the  Medical  Class 
so  far  as  we  could  learn  were  perfectly  satisfied  with  the 
instructions  they  received  from  the  several  Professors;  and 


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we  confidently  believe  that  the  present  board  of  Professors 
will  fully  sustain  the  high  reputation  which  the  school  had 
previously  attained. 

The  Museum,  or  Antomical  Cabinet  has  already  been  so 
far  replenished  as  to  contain  every  preparation  necessary 
for  instruction  in  anatomy  and  Surgery;  and  permit  us 
further  to  say,  that  we  believe  the  N.  H.  Medical  Institution 
under  its  present  organization  abundantly  worthy  the  con- 
fidence and  patronage  of  the  Medical  public. 

Richard  P.  J.  Tenney 
James  Bacheller 

Accepted 

The  Committee  on  Scarlatina  were  called  upon  to 
report:  Drs.  Batcheller,  Knight,  Moore  &  Crosby  made 
reports. 

The  Secretary  read  communications  from  the  secretaries 
of  the  Centre,  Strafford,  Rockingham,  Southern  and 
Western  Districts.    Accepted. 

Voted  that  the  former  members  of  this  Society,  who  have 
been  restored  to  their  membership  in  the  Strafford  Dist, 
be  also  restored  to  their  membership  in  this. 

The  Committee  on  publications  reported  the  following. 
"  Your  Committee  recommend  the  publication  of  Dis- 
sertations read  before  the  N.  H.  Med.  Society,  and  nominate 
D'■^  Abbott,  Willard  &  Carter,  a  pubhshing  Committee; 
and  that  said  Committee  be  authorized  to  publish  any 
dissertation  read  before  this  Society,  and  such  parts  of  its 
proceeding,  which  in  their  opinion  shall  be  thought  useful 
to  the  profession.  Also  that  this  Committee  be  authorized 
to  publish  any  document,  at  their  discretion  in  some  public 
Journal." 

Josiah  Crosby  ' 
Enos  Hoyt 
Richard  Williams 
John  B.  McGregory 
Adopted. 


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Doct.  D.  Crosby,  to  whom  was  referred  the  subject  of 
the  reorganization  of  the  Grafton  Dist.  Med.  Soe'y,  at  the 
last  meeting,  reported,  that  it  is  doubtful  respecting  its 
reorganization.  But  little  interest  upon  the  subject,  in 
that  region. 

With  reference  to  this,  the  Societj^  voted,  that  the 
Secretary  inform  the  Secretary  of  the  Grafton  Dist.  that 
unless  this  Society  can  be  resuscitated,  and  the  General 
Society  receive  an  authentic  account  of  its  constitutional 
proceedings,  as  a  district  Society,  at,  or  before  the  next 
annual  meeting,  their  share  of  the  Libary  will  be  called 
for  by  the  general  Society. 

The  result  of  treatment  in  the  cases  prescribed  for  last 
year,  was  communicated. 

The  following  gentlemen  were  chosen  a  Committee  of 
correspondence  viz.  Charles  P.  Gage  Centre  D'^*.,  John 
P.  Elkins  Strafford  D*.,  Francis  P.  Fitch  Southern  D*. 
Josiah  Bartlett  Rockingham  D*.,  James  Bacheller  Western 
D*.  and  Dixi  Crosby  Grafton  D*. 

Attest  James  B.  Abbott  Secretary 

Concord  May  31,  1841. 

The  Council  of  the  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society 

convened  at  the  Phoenix  Hotel  agreeably  to  previous  notice. 

Voted  to  adjourn,  to  meet  tomorrow  morning  at  9  o'clock. 

Concord  June  1,  1841. 

The  Council  met  agreeably  to  adjournment. 

The  following  gentlemen  were  proposed  as  suitable 
candidates  for  membership  in  the  Society  viz.  Andrew 
McFarland,  M.D.  Sandwich,  John  L.  Sweatt  M.D.  Newport 
James  H.  Crombie  M.D.Francestown,  Jacob  A.  Wood  M.D. 
Hancock,  James  W.  Cowan  M.D.  Dover  Joseph  Eastman 
M.D.  Candia,  and  Albert  Smith  M.D.  Peterborough. 

Afternoon  Session. 

Agreeably  to  a  Vote  of  the  Societj^,  the  Council  proceeded 


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to  Charter  a  new  District  Society  at  Manchester  in  the  form 
following. 


L.  S.  \  State  of  New  Hampshire. 


The  Council  of  the  New  Hampshire  ^Medical  Society,  to 
Silas  Walker  and  David  Flanders,  Fellows  of  said  Society — ■ 

Greeting — 

Your  application,  made  in  due  form,  requesting  that  a 
District  Medical  Society  might  be  instituted  to  consist  of 
the  Fellows  and  Associates  residing  in  the  Town  of  Man- 
chester, and  vicinity,  was  duly  considered  and  approved 
by  the  Society,  on  the  first  day  of  June,  Anno  Domini  1841 

Be  it  therefore  known,  that  a  District  Society  by  the 
name  of  Manchester  District,  is  hereby  established,  to 
consist  of  the  Fellows  of  the  New  Hampshire  Medical 
Society,  and  the  Associates  now  resident  in  the  towns  above 
mentioned,  and  of  such  others  as  they  may  hereafter  elect; 
and  Silas  Walker  is  hereby  authorized  to  call  a  meeting  of 
the  same,  for  the  purpose  of  electing  Officers,  and  transact- 
ing any  other  business  necessary  for  organizing  said  Society. 

In  testimony  whereof,  we  have  hereunto  subscribed 
our  names,  this  first  day  of  June  A.  D.  1841 

Josiah  Bartlett  \ 

James  Batcheller       >  Council 

Josiah  C.  Eastman  ) 

By  virtue  of  the  power  in  me  vested,  I  have  caused  the 
Seal  of  the  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society  to  be  hereunto 
affixed. 

Luke  Howe  President 

Attest  James  B.  Abbott   Secretary. 

The  Council  proceeded  to  the  election  of  Orators  for 
1842,  and  appointed  Micah  Eldridge  of  Nashua,  and 
Charles  A.  Savary  of  Hopkinton. 

Adjourned 

Attest        James  B.  Abbott  Secretary 


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Concord  June  1,  1841 

The  Newhampshire  Medical  Society  assembled  agree- 
ably to  previous  notice  at  the  Phoenix  Hotel. 

Members  present — Drs.  Howe,  Webster,  Gage,  M.  Hill, 
Batcheller,  Abbott,  Carr,  Haynes,  T.  Wilson,  Sargent, 
Chase,  Hanson,  Dickey,  Willard,  Proctor,  Tenney,  D. 
Crosby,  J.  Crosby,  Hoj't,  Bell,  Hall,  Carter,  Sanborn, 
'T.  P.  Hill,  Straw,  Savary,  Fitch,  Gregg,  Walker,  Gale, 
Adams,  Bartlett,  B.  E.  Sawyer,  J.  C.  Eastman,  Smith, 
Gould,  Peterson,  and  T.  Elkins. 

The  proceedings  of  the  last  meeting  were  read  Ixy  the 
Secretary. 

Proceeded  to  the  election  of  members,  and  the  following 
gentlemen  were  unanimously  elected,  viz.  John  L.  Sweatt 
M.D.  Newport,  Andrew  McFarland  M.D.  Sandwich, 
James  H.  Crombie  M.D.  Francestown,  Jacob  A.  Wood  ]\I.D 
Hancock,  James  W.  Cowan  ]\I.D.  Dover,  Joseph  Eastman, 
M.D.  Candia,  and  Albert  Smith  M.D.  Peterborough. 

A  Committee  was  chosen  to  introduce  members  elect. 

The  following  gentlemen  were  introduced  and  took  their 
Seats  with  the  Society,  viz.  Docts.  Israel  Burnham  Antrim, 
A.  McFarland  Sandwich,  J.  H.  Crombie  Francestown, 
J.  L.  Sweatt,  Newport,  &  J.  Eastman  Candia. 

Voted  that  Docts.  Dow  of  Goshen,  Fry  of  Deering,  and 
Corbett  of  Canterbury  be  invited  to  sit  with  the  Society. 

Drs.  Abbott,  Batcheller  and  Haynes  were  appointed 
to  nominate  a  Committee  to  examine  and  prescribe  for 
patients;  who  reported  Drs.  D.  Crosby,  Wight,  M.  Hill, 
J.  Carr,  and  Hanson,  and  that  Dr.  McFarland  act  as 
Secretary  of  the  Committee — report  adopted. 

The  Subject  of  new  Dist.  Society  was  taken  up. 

The  President  read  a  petition  to  the  present  meeting  for 
a  new  Society  to  be  chartered  to  embrace  the  town  of 
Manchester  and  the  adjacent  towns. 

The  Secretary  reported  that  he  had  written  to  the  Dist. 
Societies  contiguous  to  the  contemplated  new  society,  as 
directed  by  the  Society  at  its  last  meeting,  and  no  objection 
was  made  by  any  concerned,  to  its  formation. 


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Chose  Drs.  Straw,  Bachelder,  and  Gregg,  a  committee 
to  take  the  above  subject  into  consideration,  and  report  to 
the  Society. 

Chose  Drs.  Dickey  and  Chase  a  committee  to  audit  the 
Treasurer's  account. 

The  Secretary  read  the  record  of  the  cases  which  came 
before  the  Society  at  the  last  meeting,  and  the  result  of 
treatment  was  reported  so  far  as  could  be  ascertained. 

Voted  that  the  Committee  of  Correspondence  chosen  at 
the  last  meeting  be  reappointed. 

The  President  read  an  interesting  Dissertation  upon 
Chronic  Bronchitis,  or  "  Minister's  Ail;"  and  Dr.  Josiah 
Crosby  one  upon  The  mutual  influence  of  Mind  and  Body. 

The  Committee  upon  the  petition  for  a  new  Society  made 
the  following  report — 

"  The  Committee  to  whom  was  referred  the  subject  of 
the  formation  of  a  new  District  Society,  report  that  the 
prayer  of  the  petitioners  be  granted — and  recommend  that 
Drs.  Walker  of  Bedford,  Flanders  of  Londonderry  and 
Gale  of  Hooksett,  with  such  others  as  they  may  associate 
with  them,  be  empowered  to  organize  a  District  Society  at 
Manchester,  under  the  same  restrictions  of  other  associate 
Societies  in  this  State,  and  report  to  the  Society  at  the  next 
annual  meeting." 

Jacob  Straw 
James  A.  Gregg 
James  Batcheller 

The  Society  adopted  the  above  report. 

The  following  gentlemen  were  chosen  a  Committee  to 
nominate  Officers,  viz.  Drs.  Hoyt,  Adams,  Hall,  Bartlett 
&  Batcheller. 

An  opportunity  was  given  members  to  relate  cases  of 
interest,  occurring  in  their  practice. 

The  Committee  of  nomination  reported. 

Voted  that  the  President,  V.  President,  Secretary,  and 
Treasurer  be  elected  by  seperate  Ballots,  the  Counsellors 
by  one  Ballot  and  the  Censors  the  same,  also  the  Delegates 
separately. 


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The   following   gentlemen   were   elected   officers   of   the 
Society  for  the  ensuing  year,  viz. 

Luke  Howe  Jaffrey  President. 
Dixi  Crosby,  Hanover  Vice  President. 
James  B.  Abbott,  Boscawen,  Secretary. 
Eliphalet  K.  Webster,  Hill,  Treasurer. 


Josiah  Crosby,  Meredith 
Ezra  Carter  Concord 
John  P.  Elkins,  New  Durham 
Joseph  H.  Smith  Dover 
Micah  Eldridge  Nashua 


Counsellors 

Centre  Dist. 

Strafford  Dist. 


,  „,  „       ,  »    j^  •       (  Southern  Dist. 

Israel  W.  Burnham  Antrim 


Josiah  Bartlett  Stratham 
Joseph  C.  Eastman  Hampstead 
James  Batcheller  Marlborough 
Isaac  Colby  Keene 


Rockingham  Dist. 
Western  Dist. 


Censors 

Timothy  Haynes  Concord  )   Centre 

Jeremiah  F.  Hall  Wolfborough   )     Dist. 
John  Morrison  Alton 


c   Strafford  Dist. 
Stephen  Drew  Milton 

William  Brown   Chester         I   "r     v     Vi        D"  + 

Joseph  Dalton  Brentwood     ) 

Francis  P.  Fitch  Amherst     )   c^  \.i         t-w  j. 

Richard  Williams  Milford     \   ^°^*^'^^  ^''^- 

Isaac  Colby  Keene  )   Western 

James  Batcheller  Marlborough  )       Dist. 

Hanover  Dickey  Epsom     |   Delegates  to 

Nahum  Wight  Gilmanton  S      Hanover. 

The  following  Report  was  made  by  the  Committee  to 
audit  the  Treasurer's  account : 

"  The  Committee  appointed  to  audit  the  Treasurer's 
account  have  attended  to  their  duty,  and  report,  that  the 
Treasurer  has  received  the  sum  of  $58.95.    He  has  paid  out. 


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for  which  he  has  good  and  sufficient  vouchers  the  sum  of 
$55.05,  leaving  a  balance  in  his  hands  of  $3.90,  which  has 
been  charged  to  balance  the  accounts.  They  also  find 
outstanding  debts  from  the  society  of  $33.97  to  Mr.  Hut- 
chins,  and  $7.55  due  to  A.  Prescott." 

Adopted  Hanover  Dickey 

Warren  E.  Chase 

The  Delegates  to  Hanover  made  the  following  Report. 

"  The  undersigned,  one  of  the  Delegates  appointed  by 
the  N.  H.  Medical  Society,  to  attend  the  examination  of 
the  candidates  for  the  degree  of  M.D.  at  the  close  of  the 
last  lecture  term  at  Hanover,  begs  leave  to  report,  that  the 
duty  assigned  has  been  performed,  and  with  a  good  degree 
of  satisfaction,  with  the  flourishing  condition  in  which  the 
Institution  was  found.  The  class  consisted  of  seventy  two 
students,  twelve  of  whom  passed  a  creditable  examination. 
The  facilities  for  acquiring  a  thorough  knowledge  of  the 
different  branches  of  the  profession,  are  great.  The  Clinical 
and  Surgical  apparatus  is  complete,  and  the  Museum  has 
been  enriched  within  the  past  year  by  the  addition  of  more 
than  one  hundred  rare  specimens  in  Pathological  Anatomy. 
Money  unexpended,  to  be  appropriated  in  making  still 
further  additions,  remains  in  the  hands  of  the  faculty.  The 
Institution,  under  its  present  organization,  deserves  the 
confidence  and  patronage  of  the  medical  Profession  and  the 
Public,  and  the  large  number  of  Students,  which  attended 
the  lectures  during  the  last  course;  larger,  in  fact,  than  at 
any  similar  Institution  in  New  England,  evinces  the  fact 
that  its  advantages  are  duly  appreciated." 

Respectfully  submitted  by 
(Accepted.)  Josiah  Bartlett 

Voted  to  adjourn  to  meet  tomorrow  morning,  immedi- 
ately after  breakfast. 

Concord,  June  2,  1841. 

The  Society  met  agreeably  to  adjournment. 
The  Committee  to  examine  and  prescribe  for  patients 
reported — report  accepted. 


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Voted  to  remit  the  assessments  of  D"".  Truman  Abell. 

Voted  D^  R.  Lane  be  stricken  from  the  list  of  members  in 
the  revised  edition  of  the  By-laws. 

Voted  that  an  article  be  inserted  in  the  new  edition  of 
the  By-laws  exempting  members  over  60  years  of  age 
from  taxation. 

Voted  that  D''.  D.  Crosby  be  authorized  to  take  posses- 
sion of  the  library  of  the  Grafton  Dist.  for  this  Society, 
unless  said  District  be  reorganized  within  6  months. 

Voted  that  the  Secretary  of  this  Society  inform  the  Dist. 
Secretaries  of  their  duty  respecting  making  reports. 

Adjourned. 
Attest  James  B.  Abbott  Secretary. 

Concord  May  30,  1842. 

The  Council  of  the  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society 
convene  at  the  Phoenix  Hotel  agreeably  to  previous  notice. 

Members  present — Drs.  D.  Crosby,  Batcheller,  Bartlett 
and  Eastman. 

Vice  President  (Dr.  Crosby)  in  the  chair. 

The  Secretary  being  absent,  proceeded  to  the  choice  of  a 
Secretary  Pro  tem,  and  chose  Josiah  Bartlett. 

Resolved  to  recommend  that  the  Society  pass  a  resolution 
expressive  of  the  feelings  of  its  fellows  in  relation  to  the 
death  of  their  late  President  D''.  Luke  Howe  of  Jaffrey. 

The  following  gentlemen  were  proposed  as  suitable 
candidates  for  membership  in  the  Society,  viz.  WilUam  D. 
Buck  M.D.  Concord,  Charles  Olcott  M.D.  Edmund  R. 
Peaslee  M.D.  Hanover,  Thomas  R.  Crosby  M.D.  Meriden, 
Samuel  Little  M.D.  Lebanon,  A.  O.  Dickey  M.D.  Lyme, 
Julius  H.  Morse  M.D.  Manchester  &  Zaccheus  Colburn 
M.D.  Manchester 

Voted  to  adjourn  till  9  o'clock  tomorrow  morning. 

Tuesday  Morning  May  31,  1842 

Met  agreeably  to  adjournment. 

Present  same  as  last  evening,  and  the  Secretary 

Adjourned  to  meet  at  the  call  of  the  President. 


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Met  agreeably  to  adjournment. 

Voted  to  recommend  the  following  gentlemen  as  suitable 
candidates  for  admission  into  the  Society,  viz.  Zaccheus 
Colburn  M.D.  Manchester  and  Harrison  Eaton  M.D.  of 
Merrimac. 

Appointed  Joseph  H.  Smith  M.D.  Dover  and  L.  M. 
Knight  M.D.  Thornton  Orators  for  1843,  and  Harrison 
Eaton  M.D.  Merrimac  and  T.  R.  Crosby  Meriden  their 
Substitutes. 

Adjourned 
Attest  James  B.  Abbott  Secretary 

Concord  May  31,  1842 

The  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society  convened  at  the 
Phoenix  Hotel  agreeably  to  previous  notice. 

Members  present — D''^.  Batcheller,  J.  Bartlett,  D. 
Crosby,  J.  Crosby,  J.  C.  Eastman,  Haynes,  Abbott,  Sweatt, 
Hoyt,  Chase,  Burnham,  W.  Brown,  Hanson,  Webster, 
Wight,  M.  Hill,  Tilton,  Peterson,  Willard,  Crombie,  Wood, 
McFarland,  D.  Adams,  Straw,  Dickey,  Farrington,  Sanborn, 
H.  Eaton,  J.  S.  French,  Proctor,  T.  Brown,  Sargent,  Savory, 
Gregg  Gage,  Chadbourne,  Fitch,  Knight,  Smith,  Walker, 
Colby,  and  Tenney. 

The  President  having  been  removed  by  death,  the  Vice 
President  (D,  Crosby)  took  the  chair. 

On  motion,  voted  that  medical  gentlemen  present  not 
members,  be  invited,  to  sit  with  the  society. 

The  proceedings  of  the  Society,  and  of  the  Council  at 
their  last  meeting  were  read  by  the  Secretary. 

Voted  to  choose  a  committee  to  examine,  and  prescribe 
for  patients. 

The  following  gentlemen  were  chosen,  viz.  J.  Crosby, 
T.  Chadbourne,  Wm.  Brown,  J.  Bartlett  &  J.  A.  Gregg. 

Drs.  Sweatt  and  McFarland  were  chosen  a  committee 
on  the  Treasurers  account. 

Voted  that  the  rules  of  the  society  be  so  far  suspended  as 
to  proceed  immediately  to  the  election  of  members. 

The  following  gentlemen  were  unanimously  elected  mem- 


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bers  of  the  society,  viz.  William  D.  Buck  M.D.  Concord, 
Charles  Olcott  M.D.  and  Edmund  D.  Peaslee  M.D.Hanover, 
Thomas  R.  Crosby  M.D.  Meriden,  Samuel  Little  M.D. 
Lebanon,  A.  O.  Dickey  M.  D.  Lyme,  Julius  H.  Morse  M.  D. 
Manchester,  Harrison  Eaton  M.D.  Merrimack  &  Zaccheus 
Colburn  M.D.  of  Manchester. 

Dr.  McFarland  chosen  a  committee  for  that  purpose, 
introduced  the  following  elected  members,  who  took  their 
seats  with  the  Society,  viz.  Drs.  Wood  of  Hancock, 
Eaton  of  Merrimack,  Crosby  of  Meriden,  Morse  of  Man- 
chester and  Buck  of  Concord. 

The  Secretary  read  the  proceedings  of  the  several  Dis- 
trict Societies. 

The  committee  to  revise  the  laws,  appointed  at  a  former 
meeting,  reported  the  revised  edition  with  a  bill  for  printing 
of  S16.9L 

A  Constitution  and  By-laws  of  Manchester  District  was 
presented  by  the  Secretary  and  referred  to  a  committee 
consisting  of  Bartlett  and  Chase. 

Voted  to  defer  the  reading  of  Dissertation  until  two 
o'clock. 

On  motion,  voted  that  the  committee  to  nominate  officers 
of  the  Society  be  appointed  by  the  chair. 

The  following  gentlemen  were  appointed — Western 
Dist.  J.  Colby,  Southern  D'^'.  F.  P.  Fitch,  Rockingham 
J.  C.  Eastman,  Strafford  J.  H.  Sweatt,  Centre  Moses  Hill, 
Grafton,  T.  R.  Crosby,  Manchester  Silas  Walker. 

On  motion,  voted,  that  as  the  President  is  removed  by 
death,  the  Vice  President  be  requested  to  give  the  annual 
address  in  his  stead. 

Voted  that  this  address  be  delivered  at  3  P.  ]\I. 

As  the  Vice  President  requested  absence  from  the  chair 
for  a  time,  D"".  N.  Sanborn  was  appointed  President  Pro  tem. 

D^  Hoyt  submitted  the  following  resolution,  which  was 
adopted,  viz. 

Resolved — That  the  members  of  this  Society  deeply 
lament  the  removal  by  death  of  their  late  esteemed  Presi- 
dent D^  Luke  Ho-sve  of  Jaffrey  (being  the  first  time  the 


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chair  has  been  vacated  by  death  since  the  organizations  of 
the  Society)  not  only  with  reference  to  their  being  deprived 
of  a  valuable  member,  and  able  counsellor,  but  with  regard 
to  the  loss  which  the  profession  generally,  and  the  public 
have  sustained:  and  they  would  express,  their  unfeigned 
sympathy  with  his  afflicted  family,  who  have  thus  lost  a 
valuable  friend,  counsellor,  &  guide. 

Resolved — That  the  Society  recommend  that  its  members 
wear  the  usual  badge  of  mourning  thirty  days,  as  expression 
of  their  respect  to  the  memory  of  their  late  President. 

Resolved — That  Drs.  Isaac  Colby  of  Keene  &  James 
Batcheller  of  Marlborough  be  appointed  to  prepare  a 
Memoir  of  Dr.  Howe,  to  be  read  at  the  next  annual  meeting 
of  the  Society. 

Voted  that  the  Secretary  furnish  the  afflicted  family  of 
Dr.  Howe  with  the  doings  of  the  Society,  upon  the  subject 
of  his  death. 

Voted  that  as  Dr.  Thomas  Brown  has  returned  to  the 
state  after  an  absence  of  some  years  his  annual  assessment 
during  his  absence  be  remitted. 

The  following  resolution  presented  by  D'".  Savory  was 
adopted. 

Resolved — That  it  is  the  opinion  of  this  Society  that  the 
use  of  Alcohol  as  a  beverage  is  injurious  to  the  healthy 
functions  of  the  body;  and  that  under  no  circumstances 
can  its  use  be  beneficial  in  a  state  of  health. 

The  Delegates  to  the  examinations  at  Hanover  made  the 
following  report. 

"  The  Delegates  appointed  to  attend  the  medical  ex- 
aminations at  Hanover,  make  the  following  report — 

"  That  agreeably  to  notice  from  the  Secretary  of  the 
Faculty  at  Hanover  we  arrived  there  at  the  close  of  the 
lecture  term  in  season  for  the  examination. 

Twelve  students  were  examined  for  the  degree  of  M.D. 
No  candidate  was  unsuccessful.  Every  thing  in  connexion 
or  relating  to  the  examination  was  highly  satisfactory  to 
your  Delegates. 

We  believe  the  affairs  of  the  Institution  to  be  in  good 


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hands,  and  the  course  of  instruction  pursued  thorough  and 
systematic.  We  beheve  the  former  character  of  the  Institu- 
tion to  be  fully  sustained,  and  now,  as  much  as  ever,  to 
deserve  the  confidence  of  the  Society." 

Nahum  Wight 
Hanover  Dickey  Jr. 

The  Committee  on  Manchester  District  By-laws  reported 
that  they  find  nothing  in  them  repugnant  to  the  By-laws 
of  the  State  Society. 

Voted  to  adjourn  to  meet  at  two  o'clock  P.  M. 
Met  agreeably  to  adjournment. 

D^  Savory  read  a  Dissertation  upon  the  present  condition 
of  medicine  as  a  science  and  a  profession. 

Dr.  D.  Crosby  gave  a  lecture  upon  the  surgical  anatomy 
and  treatment  of  Hernia. 

The  Committee  to  nominate  Officers  reported,  and  the 
following  gentlemen  were  ballotted  for,  and  elected. 
Dixi  Crosby  M.D.  Hanover  President 
James  Batcheller  M.D.  Marlborough  Vice  President 
James  B.  Abbott  M.D.  Boscawen   Secretary 
Richard  P.  J.  Tenney  M.D.  Loudon  Treasurer 

Counsellors. 

Nahum  Wight  M.D.  Gilmanton  )   Centre 

Charles  A.  Savory  M.D.  Hopkinton  )     Dist. 

James  Farrington  M.D.  Rochester   )   Strafford 

Joseph  H.  Smith  M.D.  Dover  \      Dist. 

Israel  Burnham  M.D.  Antrim   )  ^i     xi         t-w  j.  •  j. 
T      uATTrjT\/r-r»-n.  (  Southern  District 

Jacob  A.  Wood  M.D.  Dover      ) 

Amos  Twitchell  M.  D.  Keene    )   ^  -p-iat 

Isaac  Colby  M.D.  Keene  ) 

Dixi  Crosby  M.D.  Hanover  )   Grafton 

Thomas  R.  Crosby  M.D.  Meriden  )      Dist. 

Silas  Walker  M.D.  Bedford  )   Manchester 

David  Flanders  M.D.  Londonderry   )  Dist. 

Josiah  C.  Eastman  M.D.  Hampstead   }   Rocking- 

Wilham  Brown  M.D.  Chester  t  ham  Dist. 


Western  Dist. 
Grafton  Dist. 


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Censors 

Moses  T.  Willard  M.D.  Concord        )  . 

Andrew  McFarland  M.D.  Sandwich  ) 

J.  S.  Fernald  M.D.  Barrington  )   Strafford 

Noah  Martin  M.D.  Dover  ]      Dist. 

Daniel  Adams  M.D.  Mont  Vernon   )   Southern 

Micah  Eldridge  M.D.  Nashua  \      Dist. 

Isaac  Colby  M.D.  Keene 

Amos  Twitchell  M.  D.  Keene 

Thomas  R.  Crosby  M.D.  Meriden 

Dixi  Crosby  M.D.  Hanover 

Silas  Walker  M.D.  Bedford  )   Manchester 

David  Flanders  M.D,  Londonderry  )         Dist. 

Josiah  Bartlett  M.D.  Stratham  )   Rockingham 

J.  Eastman  M.D.  Candia  )         Dist. 

Committee  of  Correspondence 

Josiah  Bartlett  M.D.  Stratham,  L.  M.  Knight  M.D. 
Thornton,  J.  H.  Morse  M.  D.  Manchester,  F.  P.  Fitch 
M.  D.  Amherst,  James  Batcheller  M.  D.  Marlborough, 
Stephen  Drew  M.  D.  Milton,  Dixi  Crosby  M.D.  Hanover. 

Delegates  to  Hanover 

Francis  P.  Fitch  M.D.  Amherst,  James  Farrington  M.D. 
Rochester. 

Voted  that  at  the  next  annual  meeting  of  the  Society  the 
Landlord  furnish  dinner  tickets  to  the  members  who  dine. 

The  Committee  on  patients  reported — accepted. 

On  motion  the  following  resolution  was  adopted. 

Resolved  that  the  Fellows  of  this  Society  highly  approve 
of  the  course  pursued  by  Mr.  Dole  of  the  Phoenix  and  would 
commend  him  to  the  public  for  the  noble  stand  he  has 
taken  in  favor  of  temperance,  in  banishing  all  kind  of 
intoxicating  drinks  from  his  house. 

Voted  to  adjourn  sine  die. 

Attest  James  B.  Abbott 

Secretary. 


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Concord  June  5th  1843 

The  Council  of  the  New-Hampshire  Medical  Society 
assembled  at  the  Phoenix  Hotel  agreeably  to  previous 
notice  &  proceeded  to  business. 

Present — Drs.  Batcheller,  Walker,  Flanders,  W.  Brown, 
J.  C,  Eastman,  &  the  Secretary 

The  President  being  absent,  the  Vice  Prest.  Dr.  Batchel- 
ler took  the  chair. 

The  following  gentlemen  were  proposed  as  suitable 
candidates  to  be  recommended  for  membership  in  the 
Society,  viz.  Charles  Wells  M.D.  Manchester,  Aaron  B. 
Smith  M.D.  Amoskeag,  Thomas  H.  Cochran  M.D.  New 
Ipswich,  John  H[e]ard  M.D.  Milford. 

Voted — To  recommend  that 
the  Society  obtain  such  information  from  its  members  as 
shall  be  practicable  respecting  the  disease  called  erysipelas 
which  has  so  extensively  prevailed  in  Vermont  &  the  wester- 
ly part  of  this  State. 

Voted  to  recommend  that  Dr.  Peter  P.  Woodbury  of  Bed- 
ford, who  withdrew  from  the  Society  some  years  since,  & 
wishes  now  to  return,  be  admitted  by  his  paying  the  com- 
mon initiatory  fee. 
Voted — To  adjourn  to  half  past  8  o'clock  tomorrow  morning. 

June  6th.  Met  according  to  adjournment  and  proceeded 
to  business.  Chose  Dr.  Silas  Walker  President  Pro  Tem. 
Voted  that  Drs  Clark  &  Freeman  be  invited  to  sit  with  us 
&  partake  of  the  hospitalities  of  the  occasion. 
Voted — To  propose  the  following  gentlemen  as  suitable 
candidates  for  admission  into  the  Society,  viz.  Oliver 
Scripture  M.D.  HoUis,  Charles  T.  Berry  M.D.  Pittsfield, 
and  Otis  French  M.D.  Gilmanton. 

Dr.    Hoyt   of   Northfield   appeared   and   proposed   the 
following  question,  to  wit,  Is  it  proper  for  the  profession  to 
consult  with  Dr.  Ladd  of  Sanbornton  Bridge:  or  are  they 
Censurable  for  so  doing. 
Voted — To  refer  the  subject  to  the  action  of  the  Society. 


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Dr.    J.    C.    Eastman   presented   the   following    complaint 
against  Dr.  Isaac  Tewksbury  of  Hampstead,  viz. 

To  the  Council  of  the  N.  H.  Med.  Society. 

Whereas  Isaac  Tewksbury  of  Hampstead  in  the  County 
of  Rockingham,  a  Fellow  of  the  N.  H.  Med.  Society,  has  not 
only  given  countenance  to  quackery  by  condemning 
several  medicines  made  use  of  by  the  Society  &  practice  of 
members  of  the  same  in  violation  of  the  requisitions  of  the 
laws  of  the  State  Society;  but  has  evinced  a  meanness  of 
disposition  towards  fellows  unbecoming  the  character  of 
a  practitioner  or  a  gentleman. 

We  therefore  pray  your  Hon.  body  to  take  in  considera- 
tion the  above  named  accusations. 

Josiah  C.  Eastman 
WiUiam  Brown. 

Voted — That  the  Sec'y  notify  Dr.  Tewksbury  &  serve  him 
with  a  copy  of  the  above,  and  to  direct  him  to  appear 
before  the  Council  at  their  next  annual  meeting. 
Adjourned  to  meet  at  the  call  of  the  President. 

Met  according  to  adjournment  and 
Voted   That   Professor   Willard   Parker   of   New   York 
City  be  proposed  as  a  candidate  for  honorary  membership 
in  the  Society 

Adjourned 

Charles  P.  Gage  Sec'y 

The  Annual  Meeting  of  the  New-Hampshire  Medical 
Society  was  held  at  the  Phoenix  Hotel  in  Concord  at  10 
o'clock  A.  M.  June  6th,  1843. 

James  Batcheller,  Vice  President  in  the  Chair. 

Members  present. — James  Batcheller,  M.  Hill,  J.  C. 
Eastman,  Burnham,  C.  P.  Gage,  W.  Brown,  T.  Brown, 
Fitch,  H.  Dickey,  Chadbourn,  Tenney,  Abbott,  Graves, 
Cummings,  Webster,  Walker,  Willard,  Buck,  Merrill, 
Flanders,  Tilton,  Hoit,  J.  Eastman,  Haynes,  J.  Bartlett, 
Proctor,   Straw,    Morse,    Sargent,    Carter,    Gregg,    A.    O. 


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Dickey,  H.  Eaton,  Wight,  Crombie,  A.  F.  Carr,  J.  Carr, 
Sanborn,  &  T.  R.  Crosby. 

The  records  of  the  last  meeting  of  the  Society  and  of  the 
proceedings  of  the  Counsellors,  were  read. 

The  Chair  appointed  Drs.  Hoyt,  Straw,  Fitch,  T.  Brown 
&  Walker,  a  Committee  to  examine  patients. 
Voted — That  any  member  of  the  Society  have  the  privilege 
to  invite  any  practising  Physician  to  sit  with  &  partake  of 
the  hospitahties  of  the  Society. 

Voted — To  suspend  the  rules  of  the  Society  for  the  purpose 
of  electing  members.  Dr.  Peter  P.  Woodbury  was  restored 
to  membership,  &  Charles  Wells  M.D.  of  Manchester, 
Thomas  H.  Cochran  M.D.  of  New  Ipswich,  John  Heard 
M.D.  of  Milford,  Oliver  Scripture  M.D.  of  Holhs,  Charles 
T.  Berry  M.D.  of  Pittsfield,  Z  .Colburn  of  Manchester  and 
Otis  French  of  (!iilmanton  were  elected  members  of  the 
Society,  &  Willard  Parker  M.D.  N.  York  an  Hon.  member. 
Drs.  Graves,  Morse  &  W.  Brown,  were  appointed  a  Com- 
mittee to  wait  on  the  gentlemen  &  inform  them  of  their 
election. 

Chose  Drs.  Gregg,  M.  Hill  &  H.  Eaton  a 
Committee  to  examine  the  Treasurer's  accounts. 

Agreeably  to  recommendation  of  the  Council,  members 
were  requested  to  communicate  their  experience  in  epidemic 
erysipelas.  Dr.  A.  0.  Dickey  of  Lyme  observed  that  in 
nearly  all  the  cases  that  came  under  his  notice,  the  disease 
was  highly  inflammatory,  connected  with  much  biliary 
derangement;  requiring  active  antiphlogistic  treatment,  in 
most  cases.  Nit.  Silver  was  found  to  answer  best  as  an 
external  application.  In  Lyme  the  disease  was  not  more 
mahgnant  than  ordinary  Erysipelas,  Dr.  Dickey  considers 
it  not  a  new  disease,  but  common  Erysipelas  in  an  epi- 
demic form,  &  noncontagious. 
Voted — To  adjourn  one  hour. 

Met  according  to  adjournment. 
Voted. — That  one  member  from  each  District  be  chosen 
by  nomination,  to  nominate  candidates  for  oflficers  of  the 
Society  for  the  ensuing  year. 


Records  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society     333 

Chose  Drs.  Wight,  H.  Eaton,  Cummings,  A.  O.  Dickey, 
Walker  &  J.  Eastman. 

Dr.  Fitch,  Delegate  to  Hanover,  made  the 
following  report,  which  was  accepted. 

The  undersigned,  one  of  the  delegates  appointed  at  the 
last  Annual  Meeting  of  the  Society,  "  To  attend  the 
examination  of  candidates  for  Medical  Degrees  at  Dart- 
mouth College,"  offers  the  following  brief  statement: 

As  it  is  from  the  N.  H.  Medical  School  principally  that 
this  State  is  supplied  with  physicians  the  profession  here 
generally,  and  this  Society  especially — whose  duty  it  is  to 
watch  over  &  advance  the  healing  art  among  us — have  a 
deep  interest  in  that  Institution.  Fully  participating  in 
this  interest,  your  delegate,  while  attending  to  the  objects 
more  immediately  committed  to  his  charge,  endeavored  to 
make  himself  acquainted  with  the  present  condition  of  the 
School,  and  the  advantages  it  possesses  for  imparting  a 
thorough  medical  education  to  those  who  may  resort  to  it 
for  instruction. 

During  the  last  few  years  the  Lecture  Halls  of  the  Insti- 
tution, the  Laboratory  &  the  Museum,  have  been  much 
improved  in  arrangement  &  convenience.  The  Museum  is 
ample,  stately  &  inriched  by  many  elaborate  &  expensive 
preparations;  it  contains  abundant  materials  for  illustrating 
both  the  healthy  &  diseased  conditions  of  the  human 
system,  besides  a  great  variety  of  rare  &  curious  specimens 
pertaining  to  the  different  branches  of  Natural  History. 
The  departments  of  Chemistry  &  Materia  Medica  are  well 
supplied  with  apparatus  &  means  for  illustrating  the 
several  subjects  therewith  connected;  and  the  study  of 
Medical  Botany  particularly,  has  been  made  much  easier 
&  more  attractive  by  an  extensive  &  complete  assortment 
of  specimens  and  drawings.  In  a  word,  so  far  as  judicious 
arrangements  &  regulations,  and  materials  for  the  use  of 
the  School  are  concerned,  it  is  evident  that  its  present 
managers  have  been  sparing  neither  in  effort  nor  expendi- 
ture requisite  to  elevate  it  to  a  standing  fully  eaqual  to 
kindred  Institutions. 


334     Records  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society 

With  the  character  and  abiUties  of  the  present  distin- 
guished teachers  at  the  Hanover  School,  this  Society  is 
already  acquainted.  The  examination  of  those  who  offer 
themselves  for  the  honors  of  the  Institutions  affords  an  excel- 
lent opportunity  for  judging  both  of  the  quahty  of  the  in- 
struction, and  the  acquirements  of  the  graduates.  The  mere 
length  of  time  devoted  to  Medical  Studies,  or  the  number 
of  Lectures  attended,  can  never  satisfactorily  establish  the 
sufficiency  of  attainments;  and  your  delegate  is  of  opinion 
that  if  this  final  security,  the  graduating  examination,  were 
rigidly  made  in  all  the  Schools,  the  profession  would  be 
reheved  from  much  not  altogether  unmerited  obHquy  & 
the  people  from  no  small  share  of  imposition  and  suffering. 

The  class  of  the  last  Lecture 
term  at  Hanover  comprised  about  the  usual  number  of 
students,  and  was  highly  respected  for  the  talents  &  the 
literary  &  professional  acquirements  of  its  members — as 
well  as  in  their  orderly  &  gentlemanly  deportment.  At 
the  examination  twelve  offered  themselves  as  candidates 
for  medical  Degrees  all  of  whom  passed  successfully.  Four, 
it  was  understood  were  examined  &  approbated  during  the 
progress  of  the  Lecture  term,  making  the  number  of  Medical 
Graduates  at  Dartmouth  during  the  last  year,  sixteen. 

The  examination,  so  far  as  observed,  was  conducted  with 
perfect  fairness,  and,  with  an  exception  or  two,  furnished 
the  most  gratifying  proof  of  the  ample  quahfications  of 
those  who  claimed  '  received  the  honors  of  the  Institution. 
The  graduating  Theses  of  the  several  candidates,  which  in 
themselves  afford  an  admirable  test  scholarship,  your 
delegate  of  course  had  not  time  to  read;  but  a  glance  at  the 
subjects  selected,  the  accurate  arrangement  &  correct 
literary  execution,  indicate  a  new  era  of  general  as  well  as 
medical  scholarship  at  the  Hanover  School.  And  here  it 
may  not  be  improper  to  add,  for  the  information  of  those 
whom  it  may  concern,  that  the  Faculty  have  decided  as  a 
standing  rule — and  very  properly — that  a  slovenly,  mis- 
spelled and  ill-constructed  Thesis  shall  hereafter  be  conclu- 


Records  New-  Hampshire  Medical  Society     335 

sive  evidence  of  unfitness  in  any  candidate  for  the  Degree 
of  Medicine. 

In  conclusion  your  delegate  has 
only  to  add  as  the  result  of  his  recent  observations  at 
Hanover,  That  the  New  Hampshire  Medical  Institution 
affords  ample  and  desireable  opportunities  to  all  students 
who  wish  at  a  moderate  expense  to  acquire  a  thorough 
knowledge  of  the  Medical  Sciences;  for  such  as  sigh  after 
luxurious  indolence  and  desire  only,  at  the  end  of  a  pre- 
scribed period,  to  obtain  the  questionable  distinction  con- 
ferred by  a  degree  without  possessing  the  knowledge  it 
implies,  it  is  not  the  place.  But  to  the  class  first  named  it  is 
confidently  believed  that  few  schools  in  our  country  furnish 
more  real  advantages  for  a  part  or  the  whole  of  their  course 
of  study — and  it  needs  only  the  counsel,  the  encouragement 
&  the  influence  of  this  Society  &  the  profession  throughout 
the  State,  to  ensure  to  our  own  Medical  Institution  a  wide 
field  for  success  and  usefulness. 

Which  is  respectfully  submitted 
Amherst,  June  2^  1843.  F.  P.  Fitch 

Drs.   Z.   Colburn,   C.  T.  Berry  &  E.   R.  Peaslee  were 

introduced  &  took  their  seats  with  the  Society. 

Dr.  Bacheller  read  a  grief  memoir  of  the  late  Luke  Howe, 
former  President  of  the  Society. 

Resolved.  That  the  memoir  of  Dr.  Howe  just  read  by 
Dr.  Batcheller  be  preserved  in  the  Archives  of  the 
Society  &  that  he  be  requested  to  furnish  a  copy  for 
publication  in  the  Boston  Medical  &  Surgical  Journal. 
Dr.  Hoyt's  request  respecting  consulting  with  Dr.  Ladd 
was  called  up,  &  after  considerable  discussion  it  was 

Resolved.  That  the  Society  condemn  most  pointedly  the 
use  of  secret  remedies  in  the  practice  of  medicine  and  no 
Fellow  of  this  Association  shall  hold  consultation  with 
persons  who  notoriously  make  use  of  such  remedies. 

Voted  That  a  letter  of  acknowledgement  of  the  receipt  of 
ten  copies  of  the  revised  edition  of  the   United  States 


336     Records  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society 

Pharmacopoeia,  from  the  Publishers  be  written  to  Dr. 
Wood  by  the  Secretary. 
Voted     That  one  copy  of  the  U.  S.  Pharmacopoeia  be 
presented  to  Each  of  the  District  Societies  &  the  remain- 
ing two  copies  deposited  with  the  Secretary. 

The  Committee  appointed  to  examine  the  Treasurer's 
accounts  made  the  following  report  which  was  accepted. 

The  undersigned  have  examined 
&  audited  the  accounts  of  the  Treasurer  and  find  them 
correctly  kept  and  properly  vouched  for,  and  find  that 
the  Treasurer  has  received  during  the  past  year  the  sum 
of  one  Hundred  &  Thirteen  Dollars  six  cents,  and  has 
paid  out  Fifty-seven  Dollars  two  cents,  leaving  a  balance 
in  his  hands  of  Fifty  six  Dollars  and  four  cents. 
Concord  June  6th,  1843 

James  A.  Gregg  \ 

Moses  Hill  ?  Committee. 

Harrison  Eaton  ) 

The  Committee  of  nomination  made  a  report  which 
was  accepted  and  the  following  gentlemen  were  elected 
Officers  for  the  ensuing  year,  viz. 

James  Batcheller,  President. 

Josiah  Bartlett,  Vice  President. 

Charles  P.  Gage,  Secretary. 

R.  P.  J.  Tenney  Treasurer. 

Counsellors. 


Hanover  Dickey   )  District 

Ezra  Carter  ) 

Joseph  A.  Smith 
James  Farrington 

Silas  Cummings  )  -nr,-    .        -n.-  i.  •  x 

^  „  i  Western  District 

Isaac  Colby  ] 

Edmond  R.  Peaslee   )   r^    e^      ta-  i.  •  i. 
,     _    _.  ,  }  Grafton  District 

A.  0.  Dickey  ) 

Silas  Walker  }   , -■       ,      ,      -p..  , 

„     ,         ^  -,  }  Manchester  Dist. 

Zacheus  Colburn 


Records  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society     337 

J.  C.  Eastman  J 
W.  Brown  ) 

P.  P.  Woodbury 


„,  „  ,    Rockingham  Dist. 

W.  Brown  \ 


^,.        d    •  ^  f  Southern  Dist 

Oliver  Scripture 

Moses  T.  Willard  )   ^  ,       , 

\  Delegates 
J.  C.  Eastman        )  ^ 

Committee  of  Correspondence 

Josiah  Bartlett,  Stratham 

L.  M.  Knight,  Thornton 

J.  H,  Morse,  Manchester 

F.  P.  Fitch,  Amherst 

James  Batcheller,  Marlborough 

Stephen  Drew,  Milton 

Dixi  Crosby,  Hanover 

Orators  for  1844 

Harrison  Eaton,  Merrimack 
D.  Flanders,  Londonderry 

Substitutes 

Edmund  R.  Peaslee,  Hanover 
Alonzo  F.  Carr,  Goffstown 

Voted    To  adjourn  to  8  o'clock  to-morrow  morning. 
Met  according  to  adjournment. 

Resolved  That  the  Treasurer  be  directed  to  purchase  a 
trunk  for  the  use  of  the  Secretary. 

Dr.  Fitch,  after  some  remarks  on  the  subject  of  granting 
Licenses  to  practice  Medicine  &  Surgery,  moved  to 
abolish  the  office  of  Censor.  Dr  Willard  then  introduc- 
ed the  following  preamble  &  resolution  which  passed, 
to  wit: 

Whareas:  It  is  customary  for 
this  Society  annually  to  appoint  Censors,  whose  duty 
it  is  to  examine  applicants,  and  grant  licenses  to  prac- 
tice Medicine  and  Surgery,  which  custom  in  days  gone 
by  was  a  matter  of  expediency  &  necessity,  but  is  now 

22 


338     Records  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society 

superceeded  by  the  greatly  increased  facilities  offered 
Medical  Students  to  obtain  Diplomas:  Therefore 

Resolved,  That  the 
office  of  Censor  is  hereby  abolished. 

Dr.  Fitch  then  intriduced  the 
following  resolution  which  passed,  to  wit: 
Resolved,  that  the  President,  Vice  President  &  Secre- 
tary of  this  Society  shall  be  authorized  &  required  to 
examine  candidates  for  the  profession  of  Medicine  & 
Surgery,  requiring  in  all  cases  qualifications  equal  to 
those  of  graduates  at  the  New  Hampshire  Medical 
Institution. 

Voted  to  adjourn 

Charles  P.  Gage,  Sec'y. 

June   3^^   1844.     Council   met   at   the 
Phoenix  Hotel  in  Concord. 

There  were  present  Drs.  Batcheller,  Woodbury, 
Carter,  Eastman  &  Gage. 

Dr.  Eastman  proposed  Moses  Clark  M.D.  of  Derry 
for  membership. 

Dr.  Batcheller  proposed  for  membership  Fred  Boyden 
M.D.  of  Hinsdale. 

Dr.  Gage  proposed  Geo.  Chandler  of  Concord  for 
membership. 
Voted. — To  adjourn  to  8  o'clock  to-morrow  morning., 

June  4th.    Met  according  to  adjournment. 

Members  present,  Batcheller,  Woodbury,  Cummings, 
Eastman  &  Gage. 

Voted.  That  The  article  published  in  the  Congregational 
Journal  of  June  last,  Headed  "  The  N.  H.  Medical 
Society  "  containing  false  charges  against  the  Society 
&  untrue  statements  with  regard  to  the  Fellows  &  the 
proceedings  of  the  meetings,  is  calculated  to  injure  the 
reputation  of  members  &  the  Society  in  public  esti- 
mation &  that  the  subject  be  brought  before  the 
Society  for  investigation. 


Records  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society     339 

Dr.  Buck  appeared  and  stated  that  W™  Tripure  of 
Loudon  had  obtained  a  License  to  practice  Medicine 
without  possessing  the  requisite  quahfications. 
Voted    That  the  Society  appoint  a  committee  to  investigate 
the  case  of  W.  Tripure. 

Dr.  Gage  proposed  for  membership  L.  D.  Lyman  M.D. 
of  Concord. 

Dr.   Willard  proposed  B.   H.   Tripp  of  Concord  for 
membership. 

Dr.  Batcheller  proposed  Geo.  B.  Twitchel  M.D.  of 
Keene  for  membership. 

Dr.  Woodbury  proposed  E.  Colburn  M.D.  of  Nashua 
&  Little  of  Goffstown  for  membership. 
Dr.  Cowan  proposed  for  membership  Dr.  Stackpole 
of  Dover. 

Adjourned  to  8  o'clock  P.  M. 
Met  according  to  adjournment. 

Present.  Smith, 
Carter,  Peaslee,  Dickey,  Woodbury,  Cummings,  Bach- 
eller,  Eastman  &  Gage. 

After  a  long  and  careful  hearing  of  Dr.  Tewksbury, 
it  was  voted  to  make  the  following  Report. 

The  Council  having  had  under  con- 
sideration the  charges  brot  against  Dr.  I.  Tewksbury 
by  Drs.  Eastman  &  Brown  report  That  in  their  unani- 
mous opinion  the  charge  of  dishonorable  conduct 
toward  Fellows  &  neighboring  Physicians  unbecoming 
a  practitioner  or  a  gentleman  is  fully  sustained  by  the 
evidence 

Dr.   Smith  proposed   Chas.   F.   Elliott  of  Somers- 
worth  for  membership. 

Dr.  L.  M.  Knight  presented  the  following  petition  to 
wit. 

To  the  Council  of  the  N.  H.  Medical  Society. 
We  the  undersigned  being  located  at  a  great  distance 
from  the  places  of  meeting  of  any  District  Society  & 
thereby  deprived  of  the  advantages  of  such  meetings, 
Would  respectfully  request  you  to  incorporate  us  into 


340     Records  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society 

District  Society  to  be  known  as  the  Pemigewasset 
N.  H.  District  Society. 

Respectfully 
L.  M.  Knight 
June  4th,  1844  J.  A.  Dana 

Voted    To  grant  the  prayer  of  the  petitioners. 

June  5th.     Appointed  Drs.  Peaslee  &  A.  F.  Carr  orators 

for  1845 

For  substitutes,  Albert  Smith  &  J.  G.  Graves. 

Adjourned  Sine  die 

C.  P.  Gage,  Sec'y 

June  4th,  1844. 

The  Fellows  of  the  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society 
held  their  Annual  Meeting  at  the  Pheniz  Hotel  in 
Concord  on  the  Fourth  day  of  June  A.  D.  1844  at  10 
Oclock  A.  M. 

There  were  present,  D'■^  J  Batchelder,  Bartlett, 
Twitchel,  Gregg,  Cummings,  A.  F,  Carr,  Sanborn, 
Straw,  Abbott,  Woodbury,  Tilton,  Savory,  Sargent, 
A.  Smith,  Proctor,  P.  Hill,  Chase,  Tewksbury  of 
Hampstead,  Hoit,  Dickey,  Graves,  Willard,  H.  Eaton, 
T.  Brown,  Buck,  J.  Crosby,  Carter,  Burnham,  Colburn, 
J.  Carr,  Wallace,  Haj^nes,  Crombie,  French,  J,  S.  Smith, 
James  W.  Cowen,  Knight,  Jesse  Merrill,  Chadbourn, 
Flanders,  Webster,  Morrison,  Tenney,  Peaslee  and 
C.  P.  Page. 

The  President  after  having  declaired  the  meeting  open 
for  the  transaction  of  business,  called  for  the  reading  of 
the  proceedings  of  the  last  meeting,  which  were  read 
by  the  Secretary. 

The  Chair  appointed  D".  Twitchel,  Woodbury,  Gregg, 
Chadbourn  and  Straw  a  committee  to  examine  and 
prescribe  for  patients.  Also  D".  Sargent,  Cummings 
and  Webster  a  committee  to  audit  the  Treasurer's 
accounts. 


Records  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society     341 

On  motion  the  rules  of  the  Society  were  suspended  for 
the  purpose  of  electing  members. 

Proceeded  to  ballot,  and  the  following  Gentlemen  were 
elected  fellows  of  the  Society:  viz. 
George  Chandler,  Fred  Boyden,  George  B.  Twitchell, 
Moses  Clark,  L.  D.  Lyman,  E.  Colburn,  P.  A.  Stack- 
pole,  Charles  F.  Elliott  and  Daniel  P.  Batcheler. 
On  motion  the  Fellows  of  the  several  Districts  reported 
the  following  members  from  their  number  to  act  as 
committee  of  nomination,  viz. 

T.  Brown,  J.  Bartlett,  J.  Tilton,  S.  Cummings,  A.  F. 
Carr,  J.  H.  Smith,  L.  M.  Knight. 

Adjourned  for  one  hour. 

Met  according  to  adjournment. 

The  President  read  an  address  of  the  State  of  the  Med- 
ical Profession  and  the  deplorable  prevalence  of 
Quackery  and  nostrum  vending. 

Dr.  Flanders  next  read  a  paper  on  the  comparative 
State  of  the  Science  of  Medicine  in  the  dark  ages  and 
in  the  nineteenth  century. 

Dr.  H.  Eaton  followed  with  an  interesting  Thesis  on 
Neuralgia. 

Drs.  Savory,  H.  Dickey,  and  J.  B.  Abbott  were 
appointed  a  committee  to  express  the  thanks  of  the 
Society  to  the  President  for  his  able  and  interesting 
address,  and  to  request  a  copy  for  publication. 

Moved  That  the  subject  of  an  article  published  in  the 
Congregational  Journal  of  June  1843  entitled  "  The 
N.  H.  Medical  Society  "  be  taken  up  and  considered, 
and  it  was 

Resolved.  That  a  committee  of  five  be  appointed 
to  wait  on  the  editor  of  the  Congregational  Journal, 
and  to  demand  the  real  name  of  the  writer  of  an  article 
published  in  the  aforesaid  paper  in  June  last,  entitle 
"  The  New  Hamp.  Medical  Society  "  and  in  case  the 
name  be  withheld  by  the  editor,  that  they  be  directed 


342     Records  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society 

to  commence  forthwith  an  action  for  libel  in  the  name 

of  the  Society. 
Drs.  H.  Dickey,  M.  T.  Willard,  J.  G.  Graves,  J.  S.  Smith 

and  Sanborn  were  appointed  that  committee. 
The  complaint  of  J.  C.  Eastman  and  Wilham  Brown  against 

Dr.  Isaac  Tewksbury  was  called  up,  and  on  motion 

it  was 
Voted — to  recomit  the  subject  to  the  council  and  that  they 

proceed  forthwith  to  investigate  the  charges  against 

him. 
The  committee  appointed  to  wait  on  the  editor  of  the 

Congregational  Journal  reported  Dr.  Wm.  D.  Buck  of 

Concord  as  the  author  of  the  article  in  question. 
Voted    That  Dr.  J.  A.  Gregg,  J.  Sargent  and  J.  S.  Smith 

wait  on  Dr.  Buck  and  request  him  to  appear  before 

the  Society  and  answer  to  the  charge  of  writing  said 

article    And  to  disclose  the  names  of  his  accomplices, 

if  any  he  had  in  writing  said  article. 
The  committee  appointed  to  wait  on  Dr.  Buck  reported 

that  Dr.  Buck  acknowledged  himself  the  author  of 

said  article,  but  denied  having  had  an  accomphce. 
Which  report  was  accepted  and  ordered  to  lie  upon  the  table. 
The  committee  of  nomination  made  a  report  which  was 
excepted. 

Voted  to  proceed  to  the  choice  of  officers 
Chose 

J.  Batchelder,  President 

J.  Bartlett,  Vice  President 

C.  P.  Gage  Secretary 

R.  P.  J.  Tenney,       Treasurer 


J.  B.  Abbott 
W.  E.  Chase 
J.  W.  Cowen 
J.  H.  Smith 


Counsellors 
Cent.  Dist. 

Strafford  Dist. 


A.  Twitchel  I  tTTT  ,  T-v-  J. 
^  ^  .  >  Western  Dist. 
b.  Cummmgs  ) 


E.  R.  Peaslee  '  ^''^^^''''  ^''^- 


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D.  Crosby 

E.  R.  Peas 

T.  Brown 

J.  Crosb}^ 

W.  Brown 

J.  C.  East 

A.  Smith 

J.  Burnhs 

P.  P.  Woodbury  /  ^  ,  '  ,    „ 

,'  Delegates  to  Hanover 
E.  K.  Webster      \ 


T  ^      1       (  Manchester  Dist. 
J.  Crosb}^ 


T  r^  -r^     ,  i  Rockingham  Dist. 

J.  C  Eastman    ^ 


T  T,       1  I  Southern  Dist. 

J.  Burnham 


Censors 

T.  Haynes       ,   „     ^   t^-  ^ 
T   -r.  o  J.  f  Cent.  Dist. 

J.  F.  Sargent 

J.  S.  Fernald    }  ^  j  -rv  ^ 

T  -r,    .     ^         (  Strafford  Dist. 
J.  i^anngton     ) 

F.  P.  Fitch  I  ^  ,.  J..  , 
T  r-i  r^  1  Southern  Dist. 
J.  C  Craves  ) 

G.  B.  Twitchell 
Silas  Cummings 
T.  R.  Crosby 
A.  0.  Dickey 
Daniel  Flanders 
Z.  Colburn 


West.  Dist. 
Grafton  Dist. 
■  Manchester  Dist. 


E.  B.  Gale     }  ^     ,•     .        ^.  , 
T  T-.    i.  (   Rockingham  Dist. 

J.  Eastman    ) 

Corresponding  Secretaries. 

Josiah  Bartlett,  Stratham. 
L.  M.  Knight,  Thornton. 
Thomas  Wallace,  Derry. 
Harrison  Eaton,  Merrimac. 
James  Batchelder,  Marlborough. 
Stephen  Drew,  Milton. 
Dixi  Crosby,  Hanover. 

Resolved     That  the  office  of  censors  be  restored  in  the 
Society    as    heretofore    with    the    addition    that    the 


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candidate  for  examination  by  them  for  licence  shall 
possess  the  qualifications  necessary  to  admit  them  to 
examination  for  a  degree  M.  D.  at  our  Medical  Insti- 
tution. 
Resolved,  That  every  person  hereafter  proposed  for 
membership  shall  present  a  certificate  of  fellowship 
with  some  one  of  the  District  Medical  Societies,  signed 
by  its  Secretary  before  the  Society  shall  proceed  to  his 
election. 

The  Council  having  had  under  consideration  the  char- 
ges brought  against  Dr.  Tewksbury  by  Drs.  Eastman 
and  Brown  beg  leave  to  report.  That  in  the  unanimous 
opinion  the  charge  of  dishonerable  conduct  towards 
Fellows    and    neighboring    physicians    unbecoming    a 
practitioner  or  a  gentleman,  is  fully  sustained  by  the 
evidence. 
Voted  unanimously  to  expell  Isaac  Tewksbury  from  the 
Society. 
It  was  moved  to  take  up  the  subject  of  the  communica- 
tion in  the  Congregational  Journal. 

Dr.  Sargent  wa^  appointed  to  wait  on  Dr.  Buck  and 
bring  him  before  the  Society. 

Chose  J.  G.  Graves  Treas.  Pro  Tem. 
Dr.  Buck  appeared  and  said  he  wrote  the  article  in  the 
Congregational  Journal,  but  did  not  think  any  statements 
therein  made  untrue. 

Voted  to  adjourn  to  8  o'clock  A.  M.  Tomorrow. 
June  5th.    Met  according  to  adjournment. 
Voted  to  grant  request  of  L.  M.  Knight  and  J.  A.  Dana. 
The  Delegates  to  Hanover  made  a  verbal  report. 
Appointed  R.  Peaslee  &  A.  F.  Carr 
Orators  for  1845  &  Albert  Smith  & 
J.  G.  Graves  Substitutes. 
Resolved — That  a  certain  communication  written  by  Dr. 
Wm.  D.  Buck  headed  "  The  N.  H.  Medical  Society  " 
signed  "  C"  &  published  in  the  Congregational  Journal 
of  June  23d  1843  is  false  &  libelous. 
Resolved — That    a    certain    communication   written    by 


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William  D.  Buck  of  Concord  and  published  in  the 
Congregational  Journal  of  June  23^^  1843  headed  "  The 
New  Hampshire  Medical  Society  "  and  signed  "  C  " 
contains  charges  which  are  false  and  libelous,  and  in 
case  the  author  of  said  article  does  not  acknowledge 
the  same  in  as  public  a  manner  as  the  charges  were 
made,  the  Scretary  is  hereby  directed  to  publish  this 
Resolution  in  the  above  named  Congregational  Journal. 
Voted  to  adjourn  to  June  12th  1845  at  10  o'clock  A.  M. 

C.  P.  Gage,  Secretary. 

The  Council  of  The  N.  H.  Med.  Society  met  at  the 

Phcenix  Hotel  in  Concord  on  the  11th  of  June  1845 

at  7  oclock  P.  M. 
Present.     The  President,  Silas  Cummings,  Thos.  Brown, 

A.  Smith,  Ed.  R.  Peaslee,  J.  C.  Eastman  &  Charles 

P.  Gage. 

The  President  having  declaired  the  Council  open  for 

the  transaction  of  business,  The  record  of  the  last 

meeting  was  read. 

Silas  Cummings  proposed  for  honorary  membership 

the  following  gentlemen,  Viz. 

Edward  E.  Phelps,  Oliver  W.  Hubbard  &  Joseph  Roby, 

Professors  in  the  Medical  Department  of  Dartmouth 

College. 

Charles  P.  Gage  proposed  for  honorary  membership 

Samuel  D,  Gross  Professor  in  the  Louisville  Medical 

Institute. 
Voted    To  recommend  to  the  Society  as  suitable  candidates 

for  membership,  Willard  Adams,  M.  D.  of  Swansey, 

E,  B.  Hammond,  M.  D.  of  Nashua,  S.  Sargent,  M.  D. 

of  Pittsfield,  Jeremiah  Gates,  M.  D.  of  Concord,  W.  J. 

Campbell,  M.D.  of  Francestown,  Daniel  J.  Hoit,  M.D. 

of  Manchester,  &  H.  E.  Weymouth  M.  D.  of  Andover. 
Voted     To  leave  the  application  of  B.  H.  Tripp  for  the 

consideration  of  the  Society. 
Elected  J.   G.  Graves  &  Albert  Smith  Orators  for  1846 

P.  P.  Woodbury  &  Silas  Cummings  Substitutes. 
Voted  to  adjourn  to  8  o'clock  to-morrow  morning. 


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June  12th  1845. 

Met  according  to  adjournment 
Members  present,  Batcheller,  Cummings,  A.  Smith,  Peas- 
lee,  J.  C.  Eastman,  J.  B.  Abbott,  T.  Brown  &  Gage. 
Voted  To  recommend  Tho^  H.  Currier  M.  D.  of  Boscawen 
as  a  suitable  candidate  for  membership  in  the  Society. 
The  following  communication  was  received  &  read,  viz. 

To  the  Council  of  the 
New  Hampshire  Medical  Society. 
As  I  have  it  in  contemplation  to  leave  the  State  in  a 
few  months,  I  Avish  to  withdraw  my  name  from  the 
N.  H.  M.  Society. 

Yours  respectfully 
June   12th,    1845.  J.  H.  Morse. 

Voted  To  report  to  the  Society  the  following  resolution,  viz. 
Resolved,  That  J.  H.  Morse  have  leave  to  withdraw  from 
the  Society. 
Adjourned  Sine  Die. 

C.  P.  Gage,  Secretary. 

At  the  Mfty-fifth  Annual  meeting  of  the  New-Hamp- 
shire Medical  Society  held  at  the  Phoenix  Hotel  in  Concord 
on  the  twelfth  day  of  June  1845  there  were  present  the 
followdng  named  Fellow^s,  viz. — 

Batchellor,  Abbot,  Willard,  Carter, 
Dickey,  Gregg,  Sargent,  Savory,  Geo.  B.  Twitchell,  Chad- 
bourn,  J.  Crosby,  Morse,  J.  C.  Eastman,  Joseph  Eastman, 
Bassett,  Haynes,  J.  Carr,  French,  Wallace,  Flanders,  A.  F. 
Carr,  Graves,  Smith,  Cummings,  T.  Brown,  Bartlett, Peas- 
lee,  A.  Smith,  Colburn,  Woodbury,  Tilton,  Wight,  Proctor, 
Danforth,  Berry  &  C.  P.  Gage,  Fitch. 

The  President  having 
taken  the  Chair,  declared  the  meeting  open  for  the  transac- 
tion of  business. 

The  journal  of  the  last  meeting  was  read 
and  approved. 


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The  chair  appointed  James  B.   Abbott,  J. 
Carr,  H.  Dickey,  C.  A.  Savory  &  J.  G.  Graves  a  Committee 
to  examine  patients  &  A.  Smith,  S.  Cummings  &  J.  F.  Sar- 
gent Auditors. 
Voted,     That  medical  Strangers  be  invited  to  sit  in  the 

meeting.  ■ 
Voted    To  adopt  the  following  preamble  &  resolution,  to 
wit: 

The  Rev.  Dr.  Cogswell  of  Gilmanton  having  represented 
to  this  body  that  it  is  proposed  to  publish  in  the  N. 
Hamp.  Repository  a  work  about  to  be  issued,  Statistics 
&  brief  biographical  notices  respecting  all  the  Physi- 
cians who  have  ever  lived  in  the  State  &  as  the  object, 
in  our  view,  is  very  important,  therefore 
Resolved.  That  we  highly  approve  of  it,  &  will  endeavor 
to  afford  Dr.  Cogswell  all  the  assistance  we  find  it 
convenient  to  render  him  in  the  arduous  undertaking. 
Voted  To  suspend  the  rules  for  the  purpose  of  electing 
members.  The  following  named  gentlemen  were 
recommended  by  the  Council  &  unanimously  elected 
Fellows  of  this  Society,  viz. — Edward  E.  Phelps  M.D., 
Oliver  P.  Hubbard  M.D.,  Joseph  Roby,  M.D.,  Samuel 

D.  Gross,  M.D.  (Honorary)  &  WilHams  Adams  M.D. 

E.  B.  Hammond,  M.  D.  S.  Sargent,  M.D.  Jeremiah 
Gates,  M.D.  W.  J.  Campbell,  M.D.  Daniel  J.  Hoit, 
M.D.  H.  E.  Weymouth,  M.D.  &  Thomas  H.  Currie 
M.D.  Fellows. 

Dr.  Savory  offered  the  following  Resolution  which  was 
adopted,  viz. 
Resolved,  That  that  part  of  the  vote  of  last  year  in  relation 
to  the  qualifications  of  candidates  for  membership, 
which  requires  the  exhibition  of  a  certificate  of  mem- 
bership be  suspended  provided  the  candidate  can 
furnish  other  equivolent  testimony  of  membership 
with  some  district  Society. 

On  motion  Drs.  James  A.  Gregg,  J.  G.  Graves  & 
Thomas  Brown  were  appointed  a  Committee  to  con- 


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sider  the  vote  of  the  South.  D.  N.  H.  Med.  Society 
with  regard  to  dehnquent  members. 

Voted,  That  the  Society  now  attend  to  the  reading  of 
Dessertations. 

Dr.  Peaslee  read  an  Essay  on  Inflammation — its  nature 
&  its  characteristics  as  a  process  distinct  from  the 
Reparative  process. 

Dr.  A.  F.  Carr  read  an  "  Account  of  &  observations 
upon  Scarlatina  which  appeared  as  an  Epidemic  in  the 
Western  part  of  Bedford  &  Goffstown  in  the  winter  of 
1844  &  '45. 

The  Delegates  to  Hanover  made  a  report  which  was 
accepted  &  ordered  to  be  put  on  file. 
Adjourned  for  one  hour. 
Met  according  to  adjournment. 

Voted  That  the  members  from  each  Dist.  appoint  one  of 
their  number  to  act  as  a  nominating  Committee  to 
nominate  officers  for  the  ensuing  year. 
Drs.  Chadbourn,  J.  H.  Smith,  Morse,  Hammond, 
Geo.  B.  Twitchell  &  Peaslee  were  reported  as  members 
of  that  Committee. 

Voted  That  the  application  of  B.  H.  Tripp  be  now  taken 
up  &  disposed  of.  After  some  Discussion,  proceeded 
to  ballot  &  he  was  elected. 

Dr.  Bassett  presented  the  memorial  of  Dr.  Tewks- 
bury  of  Hampstead,  requesting  a  reconsideration  of 
the  vote  by  which  he  was  expelled  from  the  Society. 

Voted    That  the  memorial  be  indefinitely  postponed. 

Dr.  Gregg  of  the  Committee  to  consider  the  vote  of 
the  South.  Dist.  Med.  Society  made  the  following  re- 
port, which  was  accepted,  viz. 

Your  Committee  to  take  into  consideration  the  Circular 
of  the  Southern  Dist.  Society  have  had  the  same  under 
consideration  &  report  "  That  the  vote  of  said  Southern 
Dist.  Med.  Society  is  arbitrary  against  the  true  spirit 


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&  intent  of  the  laws  of  the  State  Society,  &  not  con- 
genial with  the  best  interests  of  the  Dist.  Societies 

Respectfully 
James  A.  Gregg 
J.  G.  Graves. 

Voted    That  the  whole  subject  be  indefinitely  postponed. 
Voted    That  when  any  member  of  this  Society  ceases  to  be 
a  member  of  a  Dist.  Society  his  fellowship  shall  cease 
in  this  Society. 

The  Committee  of  nominations  made  a  report  which 
was  accepted. 

Proceeded  to  ballot  &  the  following  gentlemen  were 
elected  officers  for  the  ensuing  year,  viz. 

Dixi  Crosby,   President. 

Peter  P.  Woodbury,   Vice  President. 

Charles  P.  Gage,  Secretary. 

R.  P.  J.  Tenney,   Treasurer. 

Counsellors.  N.  Wight,  E.  K.  Webster,  J.  W.  Cowan,  J.  H. 
Smith,  Geo.  B.  Twichell,  S.  Cummings,  A.  O. 
Dickey,  E.  R.  Peaslee,  J.  Crosby,  Thos.  Brown,  J. 
Bartlett,  E.  B.  Gale,  F.  P.  Fitch,  H.  Eaton. 

Censors.  H.  Dickey,  C.  T.  Berry,  C.  F.  ElHott,  P.  A. 
Stackpole,  E.  B.  Hammond,  A.  Smith,  A.  Twichell, 
J.  Batcheller,  D.  Crosby,  M.  C.  Sawyer,  D.  Flanders, 
Z.  Colburn,  T.  Bassett,  T.  Brown. 

Corresponding  Secretaries.  J.  C.  Eastman,  T.  Wallace, 
J.  Batchelder,  E.  R.  Peaslee,  J.  Crosby  J.  B.  Abbott, 
E.  Spaulding. 

Delegates  to  Hanover.  J.  G.  Graves  of  Nashua,  Thomas 
Chadbourn  of  Concord. 

Orators  for  1846.    J.  C.  Graves,  A.  Smith. 

Substitutes.    P.  P.  Woodbury,  S.  Cummings. 

It  was  Resolved.     That  the  Bartlett  Donation  remain  in 

the  hands  of  Josiah  Bartlett  of  Stratham  at  six  per 

cent,  per  annum. 


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The  President  read  his  Annual  Address  on  [blank] 
Voted     That  Dr.   W.   D.   Buck's  membership  -^ath  this 
Society  shall  cease  until  he  makes  satisfactory  ex- 
planations for  his  conduct. 

Adjourned  until  to-morrow  morning  at  8  o'clock 
A.  M. 
June  13th.    8  o'clock  A.  M.    Met  according  to  adjournment. 
Present.   Proctor,   Bassett,   Abbott,   Savory,  J.   H. 
Smith,    Gates,    Carr,    Dickey,    Batcheller,    Tripp, 
Stackpole,    Willard,    J.    C.    Eastman,    Campbell, 
Chadbourn,  Fitch,  Wood,  Peaslee,  J.  Eastman,  A. 
Smith,  Webster  &  Gage. 
Voted  That    the  petition  of  Dr.  Morse  for  leave  to  with- 
draw from  the  Society,  be  granted. 
The  Committee  to  audit  the  Treasurer's  accounts 
made  a  report  which  was  read  &  accepted. 
Report   of  the   Delegates   to   Dartmouth   Medical 
Institution. 

The    undersigned,     delegates    ap- 
pointed by  the  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society  at 
their  last  annual  meeting  to  attend  the  examination 
of  the  candidates  for  the  degree  of  M.D.  at  the  Medi- 
cal  Institution   of   Dartmouth   College,   beg   leave 
respectfully  to  report. 
That  having  been  notified  by  the  Dean  of  the  Medical 
Facultj^  of  the  time  and  place  of  the  examination,    they 
repaired  to  Hanover  on  the  twenty  first  of  October  last, 
and  attended  said  examination.     Your  delegates  deem  it 
proper  to  state  in  this  stage  of  their  report,  that  at  the  time 
of  their  appointment  they  were  almost  entirely  unacquainted 
with  the  Faculty  and  existing  conditions  of  the  Institution 
they  were  called  to  visit;  and  that  this  was  their  first  visit 
to  the  Institution  in  the  character  of  delegates,  and  for 
more  than  twenty  years  in  any  capacity. 

For  these  and  other  reasons  they  felt  desirous  of  dis- 
charging the  delicate  and  important  duties  of  their  trust 
which  had  been  confided  to  them  with  thoroughness  and 
impartiality. 


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The  examination  commenced  on  the  twenty  second  day 
of  October  last  in  the  Medical  Building  attached  to  Dart- 
mouth College,  and  was  conducted  by  the  Medical  Faculty 
of  the  Institution,  all  of  whom  were  present  except  Professor 
Roby,  and  by  the  undersigned,  occupying  the  greater  part 
of  two  days.  Thirteen  young  gentlemen  presented  them- 
selves as  candidates  for  the  honours  of  the  Institution. 
The  whole  number  of  examiners  including  Faculty  and 
Delegates  was  six.  It  was  arranged  that  each  examiner 
should  have  ten  minutes  for  the  examination  of  each  candi- 
date, and  should  take  up  each  a  distinct  branch  of  Medical 
Science.  The  delegates  took  the  liberty  of  examining  in  any 
department  of  Medicial  Science  they  saw  j&t.  The  arrange- 
ment, it  will  be  observed  gave  one  hour  for  the  examination 
of  each  candidate.  Each  candidate  was  also  examined 
separately  from  each  other.  In  this  way  your  delegates 
believe  the  examination  might  claim  the  merit  of  being 
both  thorough  and  impartial.  The  examination  was 
satisfactory  to  your  delegates.  The  candidates  having 
generally  sustained  themselves  well.  It  is  not  too  much  to 
say  that  the  examination  gave  evidence  that  they  were 
qualified  to  commence  the  arduous  duties  of  the  profession. 

After  the  examination  your  delegates  inspected  the 
various  departments  of  the  Medical  Professors. 

In  the  Anatomical  Museum  were  found  many  fine  speci- 
mens of  the  human  subject  with  injected  veins  and  arteries, 
with  demonstration  of  nerves  and  muscles  in  a  high  state 
of  preservation;  rare  specimens  of  distorted  and  diseased 
bones,  and  of  Morbid  Anatomy  in  a  great  variety,  and 
something  of  a  collection  of  Comparative  Anatomy. 

The  Professors  are  to  be  commended  for  their  great  and 
successful  exertion  in  their  department.  A  department 
which  lies  at  the  foundation  of  the  Medical  Profession;  and 
an  accurate  knowledge  of  which  is  absolutely  indispensable 
to  high  professional  success. 

The  Cabinet  of  Materia  Medica  and  Medical  Botany  is 
elegant  and  well  arranged;  and  is  continually  increasing  in 
number  and  variety.    The  specimens  are  in  a  good  state  of 


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preservation,  and  connected  with  it  are  many  valuable 
paintings,  and  drawings  illustrating  this  branch  of  the 
profession,  which  in  our  opinion  are  well  and  beautifully 
represented.  This  is  a  branch  of  the  Medical  Science  which 
has  been  much  neglected,  but  is  now  rapidly  taking  its 
place  with  the  other  departments  of  the  profession. 

The  department  of  Chemistry  and  Pharmacy  appeared 
to  be  demonstrated  with  science  and  skill;  the  Laboratory 
to  be  well  supplied  with  all  that  is  necessary  to  a  thorough 
prosecution  of  this  delightful  branch  of  the  medical  depart- 
ment. 

The  Professors  are  all  in  the  prime  of  life,  and  to  all 
appearances  are  zealously  exerting  themselves  to  elevate 
the  standard  of  Medical  Science,  and  to  put  the  Institution 
on  a  firm  and  elevated  basis.  It  is  understood  that,  should 
any  of  the  professors  retire  from  the  Institution,  he  would 
not  be  at  liberty  to  remove  any  of  the  preparations  which 
may  have  been  deposited  in  the  several  Museums,  a  regula- 
tion well  calculated  to  give  permanency  to  them,  the  Insti- 
tution having  recently  felt  the  effect  of  a  contrary  policy. 
A  few  years  ago  on  the  removal  of  one  of  the  Professors  a 
large  number  of  the  specimens  in  the  Museum  were  removed 
with  him. 

The  Professor  of  Surgery  has  filled  the  chair  for  the  last 
five  years,  and  we  have  the  pleasure  to  be  able  to  state, 
that  he  has  not  during  that  time  lost  a  single  patient  in 
consequence  of  an  operation.  During  the  last  lecture  term 
the  Professor  performed  thirty  seven  operations,  many  of 
great  magnitude.  This  we  learn  is  about  the  average 
number  performed  in  a  term.  It  is  our  opinion  that  the 
students  in  this  Institution  witness  as  much  medical 
practice  as  any  other  in  New  England. 

Your  delegates  need  not  express  to  an  association  like 
our  own  the  necessity  of  an  elevated  standard  of  Medical 
Science.  We  all  know  the  character  of  our  profession,  its 
value  to  the  human  family,  and  its  comparative  rank  with 
the  other  learned  professions.  It  is  in  this  view  that  our 
Medical  Institutions  become  of  great  importance.     They 


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are  the  great  foundation  of  Medical  knowledge  and  improve- 
ment. They  give  tone  and  character  to  the  Medical  Pro- 
fession. 

The  Dartmouth  Medical  Institution  has  high  claim  upon 
our  patronage.  It  is  to  many  of  us  our  Alma  Mater.  It  is 
an  institution  of  our  own  state.  It  is  one  of  the  oldest  in 
the  Union.  It  has  grown  up  with  the  state,  and  is  identijSed 
with  all  our  feelings  of  State  pride.  It  has  been  the  starting 
point  of  many  of  our  youth,  whose  subsequent  career  has 
shed  honour  upon  our  State,  and  our  profession.  It  is  well 
officered,  well  located,  and  we  believe  affords  all  necessary 
facilities  for  the  attainment  of  a  thorough  Medical  education 

Peter  P.  Woodbury 
Bedford  Jan.  22,  1845.  E.  K.  Webster 

The  following  Preamble  and  Resolution  submitted  by 
J.  G.  Graves  were  read  and  adopted. 

Whereas  the  fellows  of  the  New  Hampshire  Medical 
Society  convene  annually  at  Concord  for  the  purpose  of 
mutual  improvement  in  the  healing  art,  and  establishing  a 
friendly  intercourse  and  acquaintance  among  Medical 
Men;  And  whereas  it  would  be  highly  condusive  to  the 
interest  of  Medical  Science,  and  all  connected  with  this 
Society  to  have  each  member  contribute  a  little  medical 
experience  by  a  brief  report  of  Medical  and  Surgical  cases 
that  have  occurred  or  may  occur  in  their  practice,  There- 
fore Resolved,  that  each  member  be  requested  to  come 
prepared  at  our  next  meeting  with  a  brief  report  of  the  his- 
tory and  treatment  &c  of  interesting  cases  in  Medicine  and 
Surgery  that  has  or  may  occur  in  their  practice  and  that 
such  cases  shall  be  open  for  mutual  discussion. 

The  Committee  to  examine  patients  made  a  report,  which 
was  accepted. 

Voted  to  adjourn  Sine  die. 

C.  P.  Gage,  Secretary. 

At  the  Annual  Meeting  of  the  Council  of  the  New 
Hampshire  Medical    Society  holden   at    Concord   on   the 

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First  of  June  1846,  there  were  present,  Dixi  Crosby,  E.  R. 
Peaslee,  J.  Bartlett,  E.  K.  Webster  &  C.  P.  Gage. 

The  President  having  declared  the  meeting  open  for  the 
transaction  of  business,  the  Secretary  read  the  record  of 
the  previous  meeting. 

It  was  Voted  to  report  to  the  Society  the  following 
resolutions,  to  wit: 

Resolved,  That  the  Treasurer  be  authorized  to  receive 
into  the  Treasury  the  ''Bartlett  Donation"  on  the  condi- 
tions specified  in  the  will  of  the  Donor. 

Resolved  That  a  Committee  of  three,  of  which  the 
Treasurer  shall  constitute  one,  be  appointed  by  the 
Society  to  invest  said  donation  in  such  manner  as  they 
shall  think  proper. 

Adjourned  to  9  o'clock  A.  M.  to-morrow. 
June  2'^  1846.     Met  according  to  adjournment.  •  Present 
Drs.    Woodbury,    Peaslee,    Bartlett,    Webster,    Geo.    B. 
Twitchell,  Fitch,  Cummings  &  Gage. 

Resolved,  To  recommend  the  appointment  of  a  Com- 
mittee to  revise  the  Bye-Laws  &  Police  Regulations  of  the 
Society,  &  that  they  be  directed  to  report  at  the  next  annual 
meeting  such  alterations  and  amendments  as  in  their 
opinion  have  become  necessary. 

Voted  to  proceed  to  elect  Orators  for  the  year  1847  &  the 
following  gentlemen  were  declared  elected 

Peter  P.  Woodbury     1    /-w    + 
~,.,      ^~u  .  f    vJrators 

Silas  Cummings  J 

And  Charles  F.  EHiott       )  o  v.  ^-^  x 
„,   „       ,  ,.  f  feubstitutes 

Ed.  Spauldmg  ) 

Dr.  Peaslee  proposed  for  Hon.  Membership    John  Hub- 
bard, M.  D.  of  Hollowell  Maine 

Dr.  Abbott  proposed  for  membership  Charles  C.  Thib- 
betts  of  Sanbornton, 

Dr.  F.  P.  Fitch  proposed  for  membership  Thomas  H. 
Marshall,  M.  D.  of  Mason 


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Voted,  To  recommend  for  membership  John  Hubbard, 
Charles  C.  Thibbetts,  &  Thomas  Marshall 
Adjourned  Sine  die 

C.  P.  Gage,  Sec'y 

June  2*^  1846.  At  the  Fifty-sixth  Anniversary  Meeting 
of  the  New-Hampshire  Medical  Society,  the  following 
named  Fellows  were  present,  to  wit: — 

Ezra  Carter,  Moses  T.  Willard,  Charles  P.  Gage,  Richard 
P.  J.  Tenney,  E.  K.  Webster,  J.  B.  Abbott,  Enos  Hoit, 
N.  Wight,  C.  French,  B.  H.  Tripp,  John  Carr,  A.  F.  Carr, 
Josiah  Bartlett,  Peter  P.  Woodbury,  Charles  A.  Savory, 
Harrison  Eaton,  Silas  Cummings,  E.  B.  Hammond,  C.  F. 
Elliott,  J.  Stackpole,  D.  Flanders,  J.  G.  Graves,  Joseph 
Eastman,  J.  C.  Eastman,  B.  Gale,  Thos.  Chadbourn,  Geo. 
B.  Twitchell  A.  Smith,  A.  H.  Smith,  J.  W.  Cowan,  James 
Batchelder,  Edmund  R.  Peaslee,  Dixi  Crosby,  Josiah 
Crosby,  Thomas  R.  Crosby,  C.  B.  Hamilton,  J.  A.  Wood, 

Thomas  Brown, Moor    Thomas  Bassett,  James  A. 

Gregg,  W.  J.   Campbell,   F.   P.   Fitch,  James  A.   Tilton, 

James  F.   Sargent,   Seneca    Sargent, — Elkins,   L.   M. 

Knight,  H.  E.  Weymouth,  Jacob  Straw,  Nathan  Sanborn, 
W.  W.  Proctor,  F.  H.  Currie,  James  Babb,  &  T.  Haynes. 

The  President  having  taken  the  Chair  &  delcared  the 
meeting  open  for  the  transaction  of  business,  the  Secretary 
read  the  reccord  of  the  previous  meeting,  which  was  ap- 
proved. 

The  President  appointed  Peter  P.  Woodbury,  Josiah 
Bartlett,  J.  B.  Abbott,  Edmond  R.  Peaslee  &  A.  Smith  a 
Committee  to  examine  patients  &  for 

Auditors,  James  F.  Sargent  Joseph  Eastman  &  Moses  T. 
Willard 

The  Report  of  the  Delegates  to  attend  the  examination 
of  Candidates  for  the  degrees  at  Dartmouth  Medical  Insti- 
tution was  read  by  Dr.  Chadbourn. 

Communications  from  District  Societies  were  then  read. 
Voted.     To  appoint  a  Committee  of  two  to  act  with  the 


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Treasurer  on  the  Bartlett  Fund.  Josiah  Bartlett  & 
James  A.  Gregg  were  appointed  said  Committee. 
Voted.  To  raise  a  Committee  of  three  to  revise  the  Bye 
Laws  of  the  Society  &  report  at  the  next  Annual 
Meeting.  Chose  Thomas  Chadbourn,  James  A.  Gregg 
&  J.  G.  Graves  said  Committee. 
Voted  To  suspend  the  rules  of  the  Society  for  the  purpose 
of  electing  members. 

John  Hubbard,  M.  D.  of  Hallo  well  Maine  was  elected 
an  Hon.  member,  &  Charles  C.  Thibbatts  M.  D.  a 
Fellow  of  this  Society. 

J.  G.  Graves  read  a  Dessertation  on  "  The  Factory 
System  &  its  influence  on  the  health  of  Operatives." 
Dr.  A.  Smith  read  "An  Account  of  the  Physicians  of 
Peterborough." 
On  motion  of  Dr.  Chadbourn  it  was 
Resolved,  That  the  subject  of  Factory  Labor  in  connection 
with  Dr.  Graves  address  be  referred  to  a  Committee. 
Drs.    Chadbourn,   Flanders   &   J.    C.    Eastman   were 
appointed  said  Committee. 
Voted    To  adjourn  one  hour. 

Met  according  to  adjournment. 

The  Committee  to  audit  the  Treasurer's  account 
made  a  report,  which  was  accepted. 

The  Committee  to  examine  Patients  made  a  report, 
which  was  accepted. 

Drs.  Woodbury,  J.  Carr,  Peaslee,  Bartlett,  Graves  & 
others  made  some  remarks  on  the  propriety  of  exacting 
a  fee  of  patients,  not  in  indigent  circumstances,  &  it 
was 

Voted,  That  each  patient  examined  by  the  Society 
be  charged  not  less  than  one  nor  more  than  two  dollars, 
according  to  the  discretion  of  the  attending  Physician. 

The  President  then  read  an  Address  on  "  Tumors  in 
and  about  the  Pelvis." 

The  Committee  chosen  to  nominate  candidates  to 
fill  the  offices  for  the  ensuing  year  made  a  report  which 
was  accepted. 


Records  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society     357 

Voted,  To  proceed  to  the  choice  of  officers. 
Chose 

Josiah  Bartlett,  President 
Peter  P.  Woodbury,  Vice  President 
Charles  P.  Gage,  Secretary. 
Silas  Cummings,  Treasurer. 

Counsellors. 

R.  P.  J.  Tenney  }  ^     ^      t^-  .  ■  , 
„   -^   ^  (-  Centre  District 

C.  P.  Gage  > 

E.  B.  Hammond  }  a     ^-u        t^.l 
.     -_   ^  y  Southern  JUist. 

A.  F.  Carr  ) 

E.  F.  Elliott  )  ^.,  ^  .  -n-  + 
-n,  .  n.  1  1  h  btranord  Dist. 
P.  A.  Stackpole  ) 

T   r^    r^  f  Manchester  Dist. 

J.  G.  Graves  ) 

Joseph  Eastman  )  t^     ,  .     ,         -r^.  ^ 
p,  -pT  p  ,  r  Rockingham  Dist. 

Geo.  B.  Twitchell )  „,    ^       -r^.  ^ 
T  -r.  X  1    11       (  Western  Dist. 

James  Batcheller   > 


E.  R.  Peaslee  )  r^  n^  ts-  ^ 
^  Ti  TT  -ix  r  Graiton  Dist. 
C.  B.  Hamilton    ) 


Censors 


Naham  Wight  ) 

Utis  i^  rench  ) 

J.  A.  Wood  U     ,  1         ^.  . 

\  iu    i  o    -J.!,  I  Southern  Dist. 

Albert  Smith  ) 


Thos.Bassett    [  Rockingham  Dist. 


E.  B.  Moore 

Thos.  Basset 

A.  0.  Dickey 

J.  Hosford 

Thomas  Brown 

W.  I.  Campbell 

Amos  Twitchell 

James  Batch 

Levi  G.  Hill      )        ^^    £c    j 
T   „r  ^  r        Stranord 

J.  W.  Cowan     ) 


J   TT    f    ^  (  Grafton  Dist. 


„^   T-   ^        1    ,,    f  Manchester  Dist. 
W.  I.  Campbell  ) 


T  -n  X  1    11       1  Western  Dist. 

James  Batcheller 


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Corrisponding  Secretaries.    Silas  Cummings,  J.  C.  Eastman, 
E.  R.  Peaslee,  J.  Crosby,  J.  B.  Abbott,  F.  P.  Fitch, 
J.  H.  Smith. 
Delegates  to  attend  Medical  Examinations  at  Dartmouth 
College. 

Albert  Smith 
David  Flanders. 

Orators  for  1847.    P.  P.  Woodbury 

S.  Cummings 
Substitutes.  C.  F.  Elhott 

E.  Spaulding. 

Elected  Thos.  H.  Marshall  of  Mason  a  Fellow  of  this 

Society. 
Voted    to  adjourn  to  meet  again  to-morrow  morning  at 

8  o'clock. 

June  3"^.    Met  according  to  adjournment. 
Voted.    That  the  Chairman  of  the  Delegates  to  attend  the 

medical  examination  of  Candidates  for  the  degree  of 

M.D.  at  Dartmouth  College,  shall  dehver  a  public 

Address  at  the  Medical  Commencement,  &  that  his 

colleague  shall  act  as  his  substitute. 
Voted.    That  the  Council  appoint  Delegates  to  attend  the 

National  Medical   Convention  to  meet  on  the  first 

Wednesday  in  May  next  at  the  City  of  Phil'a  Pa. 
Voted.     That  the  Committee  on  the  "Bartlett  Fund"  be 

advised  to  deposit  it  in  some  Savings  Bank. 
Voted  to  adjourn  Sine  die 

C.  P.  Gage,  Secretary. 

At  a  special  meeting  of  the  Council  by  order  of  the 
President,  held  at  the  Phoenix  Hotel  in  Concord  on  the 
8th  day  of  April  A.  D.  1847  the  following  Counsellors 
were  present,  to  Mat. 

Josiah  Bartlett,  President,  E.  B.  Hammond,  Jos. 
Eastman,  R.  P.  J.  Tenney,  David  Flanders,  & 
Charles  Pinckney  Gage. 

The  President  declaired  the  meeting  open  for  the 
transaction  of  business. 


Records  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society     359 

The  records  of  the  preceeding  meeting  were  read  & 
accepted. 

On  motion  it  was  voted  to  proceed  to  the  Election  of 
Delegates  to  the  National  Medical  Convention  to  be 
held  at  Phil""  Pa.  on  the  First  Wednesday  in  May  next. 
The  Council  then  proceeded  to  balot  &  the  following 
gentlemen  were  declaired  by  the  Chair  duly  elected 
Delegates  to  said  Convention,  to  wit: 

Amos  Twitchel,  of  Keene. 

Josiah  Bartlett,  of  Stratham. 

Charles  P.  Gage  "  Concord. 

Richard  P.  J.  Tenney  "  Loudon. 

F.  P.  Fitch  "  Amherst. 

E.  B.  Hammond  "  Nashua. 

Josiah  Crosby  "  Manchester. 

Amos  G.  Gale  "  Manchester. 

James  Batcheller  "  Marlborough. 

Joseph  Eastman  "  Hampstead. 

C.  F.  Elliott  ''  Great  Falls. 

Jos.  H.  Smith  "  Dover. 

Chas.  A.  Savory  "  Warner. 

A.  0.  Dickey  "  Lyme. 

M.  T.  Willard  ''  Concord. 

James  A.  Tilton  "  Pembroke. 
Adjourned 

C.  P.  Gage,  Sec'y. 

At  the  annual  meeting  of  the  Council  of  the  New 
Hampshire  Medical  Society  held  at  the  Phoenix  Hotel 
in  Concord  on  the  31st  of  May  A.  D.  1847,  the  following 
named  members  were  present,  to  wit : — 

Josiah  Bartlett 

Edmond  R.  Peaslee. 

David  Flanders. 

Charles  F.  Elhott. 

Geo.  B.  Twitchell. 

Albert  Smith 

Charles  P.  Gage 


360     Records  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society 

The  President  having  announced  the  meeting  open 
for  the  transaction  of  business,  the  proceedings  of  the 
previous  session  was  called  for,  read  &  approved. 
On  motion  it  was  voted  to  propose  to  the  Society  for 
membership  Darius  A.   Dow,    M.  D.,  of   Chester   & 
Ezra  Bartlett,  M.  D.  of  South  Berwick  Maine. 
Voted — To  recommend  that  William  Prescott,  M.  D. 
of  Concord  be  re-admitted  to  Fellowship. 
Voted — To  recommend  that  a  Committee  of  three  be 
appointed  to  inquire  into  the  state  of  the  Treasury, 
the  cause  of  its  indebtedness,  the  best  means  to  prevent 
its  future  increase  &  that  the  said  Committee  be  di- 
rected to  report  at  this  session. 

Adjourned  to  meet  June  1,  at  93^  o'clock. 
Met  according  to  adjournment.    Present : 

J.  Bartlett. 

R.  P.  J.  Tenney 

Ed.  R.  Peaslee 

Geo.  B.  Twitchell. 

D.  Flanders. 

C.  P.  Gage. 

Voted    To  propose  W.  H.  H.  Mason  for  membership. 
Appointed 

Charles  F.  Elliott         ^ 

Edward  Spaulding 

for  1848  & 

Ezra  Carter  o  i    x-j^  ^ 

n       -D   T^    •+  u  11  Substitutes. 

Geo.  B.  Twitchell 

Adjourned  Sine  die 

C.  P.  Gage,  Sec'y. 

The  Fellows  of  the  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society 
held  their  Fifty-seventh  Anniversary  meeting,  at  the 
Phenix  Hotel,  in  Concord,  on  the  First  day  of  June,  A.  D. 
1847. 

Members  present — Josiah  Bartlett,  J.  B.  Abbott,  F. 
Boyden,  Thos.  Bassett,  James  Batcheller,  J.  G.  Batchel- 
ler,  James  Babb,  T.  Brown,  T.  Chadbourn,  E.  Carter, 


Records  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society     361 

S.  Cummings,  W.  J.  Campbell,  J.  Carr,  A.  F.  Carr,  J. 
Crosby,  Thos.  R.  Crosby,  T.  Currie,  J.  Danforth,  E. 
Hoit,  C.  F.  Elliott,  H.  Eaton,  J.  C.  Eastman,  J.  P. 
Elkins,  F.  P.  Fitch.  0.  French,  D.  Flanders,  H.  Gage, 
J.  G.  Graves,  J.  A.  Gregg,  J.  Gould,  E.  B.  Hammond, 
C.  B.  Hamilton,  T.  Haynes,  L.  G.  Hill,  L.  M.  Knight, 
E.  G.  Moore,  J.  Fellows,  E.  W.  Moore,  Thos.  H.  Marsh- 
all, E.  R.  Peaslee,  W.  Prescott,  C.  A.  Savory,  J.  F. 
Sargent,  S.  Sargent,  A.  Smith,  J.  H.  Smith,  J.  P.  Stack- 
pole,  Geo.  B.  Twitchell,  R.  P.  J.  Tenney,  J.  A.  Tilton, 
B.  H.  Tripp,  E.  K.  Webster,  P.  P.  Woodbury,  M.  T. 
Willard,  E.  H.  Weymouth. 

The  President  took  the  Chair  &  announced  the  meet- 
ing open  for  the  transaction  of  business. 

On  motion  of  Dr.  Willard,  the  records  of  the  last 
meeting  were  read  &  approved. 

The  President  appointed  J.  B.  Abbott,  J.  Crosby, 
R.  P.  J.  Tenney,  C.  F.  ElHott,  J.  C.  Eastman  &  Geo. 
B.  Twitchell  a  Committee  to  examine  patients. 

The  chair  appointed  A.  Smith,  F.  Boyden  &  Charles 
A.  Savory,  Auditors. 

A  report  from  the  Council,  recommending  Candidates 
for  membership,  was  read  and  accepted. 

On  motion  of  Dr.  Eaton,  it  was  voted  to  suspend  the 
order  of  business,  for  the  purpose  of  electing  members. 

The  following  named  candidates  were  then  balloted 
for  &  declaired  duly  elected,  to  wit: — 
Darius  A.  Dow,  M.  D.  of  Chester 
Ezra  Bartlett,  M.  D.  South  Berwick,  Me. 
Wm.  Prescott,  M.  D.  Concord  (readmitted) 
Wm.  H.  H.  Mason,  M.  D.  Moultonboro' 
John  0.  French  M.  D.  Chesterfield 
John  Fellows  M.  D.  Loudon 
Jacob  P.  Whitemore  M.  D.  Gilmanton. 
Levi  G.  Hill,  M.  D.  Somersworth 
Mark  R.  Woodbury,  M.  D.  Northfield. 

The  Chair  reported  that  he  had,  on  the  10th  of  July 
1846,  deposited  in  the  Savings  Bank  in  Portsmouth,  the 


362     Records  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society 

sum  of  Two  Hundred  one  Dollars  &  50/00,  that  being 
the  amount  of  the  Bartlett  Donation. 

On  motion  of  Dr.  Gregg,  it  was  voted  that  the  com- 
munication of  Job  Wilson  be  returned  to  the  Cent.  Dist. 
N.  H.  Medical  Society  for  reconsideration. 

The  Secretary  then  read  reports  of  the  meetings  of  the 
Southern, Western  &  Centre  District  N.H.  Med.  Societies. 
On  motion  of  Dr.  Peaslee,  it  was  voted  that  a  Commit- 
tee of  five  be  appointed  by  the  Chair,  to  nominate  officers 
for  the  Society  for  the  ensuing  year. 

The  Chair  appointed  for  said  Committee,  A.  Smith, 
N.  Mason,  J.  C.  Eastman,  E.  K.  Webster,  &  M.  T. 
Willard. 

Adjourned  one  hour. 
Met    according   to    adjournment.      President   in   the 
Chair. 

The  Committee  appointed  to  report  oflficers  for  the 
Society,  announced  their  readiness  to  report.  The 
report  was  read  &  accepted. 

On  motion  of  Dr.  Savory,  it  was  voted  to  proceed 
to  the  choice  of  officers.  Proceeded  to  ballot  for  offi- 
cers &  the  follo\\dng  named  were  declaired  duly  elected, 
to  wit: 

Josiah  Bartlett,  President. 
P.  P.  Woodbury,  Vice  President. 
Charles  P.  Gage,  Secretary. 
Silas  Cummings,  Treasurer. 

Counsellors. — 

E.  K.  Webster 
R.  P.  J.  Tenney 
E.  B.  Hammond 
A.  F.  Carr 
E.  Bartlett    ) 
L.  G.  Hill      j 

D.  Flanders 
J.  C.  Eastman 

E.  B.  Gale 
E.  B.  Moore 


Cent.  District 
Southern  Dist. 
Strafford  Dist. 

Manchester  Dist. 
Rockingham  Dist. 


Records  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society     363 


G.  B.  Twitchell 
F.  Boyden 
E.  R.  Peaslee 

C.  B.  Hamilton 

Censors. — 

Otis  French 
J.  A.  Tilton 
T.  H.  Marshall 
J.  A.  Wood 
Jos.  Eastman) 

D.  A.  Dow      J 
A.  0.  Dickey 
J.  Hosford 
T.  Wallace  | 
W.J.  Campbell] 
A.  Twitchell 
James  Batcheller 
J.  W.  Cowan 
J.  H.  Smith 


Western  Dist. 
Grafton  Dist. 


Cent.  Dist. 

Southern  Dist. 
Rockingham  Dist. 
Grafton  Dist. 
Manchester  Dist. 
r   Western  Dist. 
Strafford  Dist. 


Corresponding  Secretaries   S.  Cummings,  J.  C.  Eastman, 
E.  R.  Peaslee,  J.  Crosby,  J.  B.  Abbott,  F.  P.  Fitch, 
J.  H.  Smith. 
Delegates  to  Hanover. — 

Charles  F.  ElHott  - 
Charles  A.  Savor3^ 

A.  Smith,  chairman  of  the  Delegates  to  Dartmouth 
Medical  Institution,  made  a  Report,  which  was  accepted. 

On  motion  of  Dr.  Carr,  voted  to  indefinitely  postpone 
the  subject  of  expelling  members  from  the  Cent.  Dist. 
Med.  Society. 

Dr.  P.  P.  Woodbury  then  read  a  Dessertation  on  the 
"Hour-glass  contraction  of  the  Uterus,  accompanied  with 
some  interesting  cases. 

Dr.  S.  Cummings  read  an  interest- 
ing paper  on  Hypochondriasis. 

The  President  delivered  an  address  on  the  "History 
of  Medicine." 


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Voted.     To  discharge  the  Committee  to  Revise  the  By- 
Laws  &  Police  Regulations. 

The  Committee  to  Examine  patients  made  a  report, 
which  was  accepted. 
Voted    That  the  Chair  appoint  a  Committee  to  revise  the 
By-Laws  &  Police  Regulations  of  the  Society. 

The  Chair  appointed  E.  Carter,  C.  P.  Gage  &  C.  A. 
Savory. 
Resolved.  That  a  Committee  of  three  be  appointed  by  the 
Chair  to  take  into  consideration  the  communication 
from  the  Cent.  Dist.  Society  in  regard  to  medical 
Publications,  &  such  other  means  as  may  best  promote 
the  interests  of  the  Society  &  report  on  the  same  at 
the  next  meeting  of  the  Society. 

The  Chair  appointed  Drs.  Peaslee,  Carter  &  Webster 
said  Committee. 
Resolved.  That  the  Committee  to  Revise  the  By-Laws  & 
Pol.  Regulations,  &  the  Committee  to  consider  the 
Communication  from  the  Cent.  Dist.  Society  act  in 
concert. 

Adjourned  till  to-morrow  at  8  o'clock  A.  M. 
June  2"^.    Met  according  to  adjournment. 

The  President  in  the  chair. 
The    Secretary    being    absent,    J.    B.    Abbott   was 
appointed  Secretary  Pro  tem. 
Resolved.    That  the  Committee  of  Correspondence  will  be 
expected  to  perform  their  defined  duty,  &  that  the 
Secretary  be  directed  to  notify  them  of  this  resolve. 
Resolved.    That  the  Treasurer  be  directed  to  notify  delin- 
quent members  of  the  deficit  in  the  Treasury,  the 
amount  of  their  arrearages  &  respectfully  request  them 
to  attend  to  the  payment  of  the  same. 
Adjourned  Sine  die 
A  true  copy 

Charles  P.  Gage,  Secretary. 

At  a  special  meeting  of  the  Council  of  the  N.  H.  Med. 
Society  held  by  order  of  the  President  at  Phenix  Hotel 


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in  Concord,  March  8,  1848,  there  were  present  Josiah 
Bartlett,  David  Flanders,  E,  K.  Webster  &  Charles 
P.  Gage. 

The  President  took  the  chair  &  declaired  the  meeting 
open  for  the  transaction  of  business. 

The  record  of  the  proceedings  of  the  previous  meeting 
were  read  &  approved. 

On  motion  of  Dr.  Webster  it  was  voted  to  proceed 
to  the  choice  of  Delegates  to  represent  this  Society  in 
the  National  Medical  Association  to  meet  in  Baltimore 
Md.  on  the  first  Tuesday  in  May  next. 

The  following  named  Drs.  were  balloted  for  & 
declaired  elected  by  the  President,  to  wit: — 

Peter  P.  Woodbury 

Thomas  Chadbourn 

E.  K.  Webster 

A.  McFarland 

Charles  P.  Gage 

J.  G.  Graves 

Geo.  B.  Twitchell 

David  Flanders 

James  A.  Gregg 

Ezra  Bartlett 

A.  Smith 

M.  T.  Willard 

J.  B.  Abbott 

R.  P.  J.  Tenney 

J.  C.  Eastman 

N.  Wight. 

Voted,  That  the  Secretary  be  authorized  to  procure  the 
printing  of  blanks  certificates  for  the  use  of  the  Society. 

Voted,  That  C.  P.  Gage,  E.  K.  Webster  &  M.  T.  Willard 
be  a  Committee  of  arrangements  to  procure  suitable 
rooms  &  entertainments  for  the  Society  at  its  next 
meeting. 

Voted  That  President  &  Secretary  be  directed  to  sign  & 
present  to  the  Honourable  Senate  &  House  of  Rep- 


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resentatives  in  Congress,  a  memorial,  asking  for  the 
enactment  of  a  law  adapted  to  prevent  the  introduc- 
tion &  sale  of  suprious  &  sophisticated  drugs  &  chemi- 
cals in  the  United  States. 

Charles  P.  Gage,  Sec. 


At  a  meeting  of  the  Council  held  at  the  Rooms  of 
the  Concord  Society  of  Natural  History,  on  the  5th 
of  June  1848  there  [were]  present  Josiah  Bartlett, 
E.  K.  Webster,  Levi  G.  Hill,  Ezra  Bartlett  &  C.  P. 
Gage. 

The  President  took  the  Chair  &  announced  the 
meeting  open  for  the  transaction  of  business. 

On  motion  the  records  of  the  last  meeting  were  read 
and  approved. 

On  motion  of  Dr.  Webster,  it  was  voted  to  recom- 
mend to  the  Society  Geo.  H.  Hubbard  M.  D.  of  Brad- 
ford &  E.  F.  Wilson  M.  D.  of  Concord  as  candidates  for 
membership. 

On  motion  of  Dr.  Gage  it  was  voted  to  recommend 
George  Chandler  M.  D.  of  Worcester,  Mass.  for 
Honorary  membership. 

On  motion  of  Dr.  Hill  it  was  voted  to  recommend  to 
the  Society  for  consideration,  the  expediency  of  holding 
the  next  annual  meeting  in  some  town  other  than  Con- 
cord. 

Ezra  Carter,  M.  D.  of  Concord 

Geo.  B.  Twitchell,  M.  D.  "  Keene 
were  appointed  orators  for  1849  &  as  substitutes 

Ezra  Bartlett  S.  Berwick,  Me. 

Harrison  Eaton  Merrimac. 

Adjourned  to  to-morrow  at  93^  o'clock  A.  M. 

Tuesday,  June  6th,  1848. 

Council  met  according  to  adjournment.  President  in 
the  Chair. 


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Present,  J.  Bartlett,  E.  Bartlett,  E.  K.  Webster, 
P.  P.  Woodbury,  L.  G.  Hill,  J.  C.  Eastman,  Geo. 
B.  Twitchell  &  C.  P.  Gage. 

Dr.  Crosby  proposed  for  membership  Adoniram 
Smalley  M.  D.  of  Lyme. 

Dr.  Spaulding  proposed  J.  H.  Graves  M.  D.  of 
Nashua  &  Dr.  Carter  proposed  Dr.  Moses  Carter  of 
Concord  for  Hon.  membership. 

On  motion  it  was  voted  to  recommend  Drs.  Smalley, 
Graves  &  Carter  for  membership. 

At  an  adjourned  meeting  held  June  7  the  following 
members  of  the  Council  were  present,  to  wit: — Josiah 
Bartlett,  J.  C.  Eastman,  Ezra  Carter  &  C.  P.  Gage. 
Voted.    To  proceed  to  elect  Delegates  to  the  next  Annual 
Meeting  of  the  American  Medical  Association. 

The  following  named  gentlemen  were  ballotted  for 
&  declaired  elected  Delegates,  to  wit: 

Drs.  Ezra  Carter,  Concord 

"  Thomas  Brown,  Manchester 

"  A.  Smalley,  Lyme 

''  L.  G.  Hill,  Dover 

"  S.  Cummings  Fitzwilliam 

"  Wm.  H.  H.  Mason,  Sandwich 

"  Harrison  Eaton,  Merrimack 

"  Ed.  Spaulding,  Nashua 

"  J.  H.  Marshall 

"  Fred  Boyden,  Hinsdale 

"  John  Carr,  Sanbornton 

"  J.  P.  Stackpole 

"  J.  C.  Eastman,  Hampstead 

"  J.  H.  Smith,  Dover 

"  E.  B.  Hammond,  Nashua 

"  A.  F.  Carr,  Goffstown 

"  Horace  Gage,  Hooksett 

"  Enos  Hoit,  Framingham,  Ms. 
Adjourned  Sine  die 

C.  P.  Gage,  Sec'y 


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The  Fellows  of  the  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society  held 
their  Fifty  eight  Annual  meeting  at  the  Rooms  of  the  Con- 
cord Society  of  Natural  History  on  the  5th  day  of  June  A. 

D.  1848. 

Members  present:  James  B.  Abbott,  Josiah  Bartlett, 
Thos.  Brown,  Thos.  Chadbourn,  Ezra  Carter,  S.  Cummings, 
John  Carr,  Dixi  Crosby,  Thomas  Currie,  Enos  Hoit,  C.  F. 
Eliot,  H.  Eaton,  J.  C.  Eastman,  F.  P.  Fitch,  C.  P.  Gage, 

E.  B.  Hammond,  L.  G.  Hill,  L.  M.  Knight,  A.  McFarland, 
E.  G.  Moore,  J.  Fellows,  Thos.  H.  Marshall,  W.  W.  Proctor, 
E.  Spaulding,  J.  F.  Sargent,  N.  Sanborn,  Ezra  Bartlett,  A. 
Smith,  A.  Smalley,  Geo.  H.  Hubbard,  J.  H.  Smith,  J.  H. 
Graves,  J.  P.  Stackpole,  H.  Eldridge,  M.  R.  Woodbury, 
Geo.  B.  Twitchell,  W.  H.  H.  Mason,  R.  P.  J.  Tenney,  P.  P. 
Woodbury,  B.  H.  Tripp,  N.  Wight,  M.  T.  Willard  &  E.  K. 
Webster. 

The  President  assumed  his  station  &  declared  the  meeting 
open  for  the  transaction  of  business,  when  on  motion  the 
minutes  of  the  last  meeting  were  read  &  approved. 

The  Chair  appointed  Drs.  Dixi  Crosby,  J.  H.  Smith,  A. 
McFarland,  F.  P.  Fitch  &  Thos.  Brown  a  Committee  to 
examine  Patients.  &  For  Auditors,  E.  J.  Webster. 

A  report  from  the  Council  was  then  read,  &  on  motion  of 
Dr.  Fitch  it  was  Voted  to  suspend  the  order  of  business  for 
the  purpose  of  electing  members,  whereupon  George  Chand- 
ler of  Worcester  Ms.  &  Moses  Carter  of  Concord  N.  H. 
were  elected  Honorary  Members,  &  George  H.  Hubbard  of 
Bradford,  E.  F.  Wilson  of  Concord,  Adoniram  Smalley,  of 
Lyme,  E.  G.  Moore  of  Concord,  J.  H.  Graves  of  Nashua, 
J.  B.  Pearsons  of  Bennington  &  W"^.  Grover  of  Barnstead 
Fellows  of  this  Society. 

Drs.  Spaulding,  Crosby,  &  Carter  were  appointed  a 
Committee  to  introduce  the  Members  Elect  to  the  Society. 

Voted,  That  Dr.  H.  Eldridge  be  readmitted  to  member- 
ship in  this  Society  &  that  his  annual  taxes  while  absent 
from  the  State  be  remitted. 

Dr.  W"".  H.  Mason  presented  a  Petition  of  the  Physicians 
of  Carroll  County,  praying  for  a  Charter  for  a  District 
Society. 


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On  motion  it  was  voted  that  the  prayer  of  the  petitioners 
be  granted  &  that  Dr.  Mason  be  authorized  to  call  the  first 
meeting. 

The  Committee  on  the  revision  of  the  Constitution  & 
By-Laws  report  themselves  unprepared  to  make  a  full  re- 
port at  this  time,  &  ask  leave  to  offer  the  following 
Resolutions 

1.  Resolved,  That  the  District  Societies  be  requested  to 
procure  the  registration  of  the  names  of  all  the  regular  prac- 
titioners of  medicine  in  their  respective  limits  &  transmit  a 
list  of  the  same  to  the  Secretary  of  the  State  Society  before 
the  next  annual  meeting,  &  that  a  special  Committee  be  ap- 
pointed to  obtain  the  names  of  all  such  as  reside  in  towns 
not  included  within  the  limits  of  any  District  Society  now 
existing. 

2"^  That  this  Society  approve  of  the  standard  of  pre- 
liminary medical  education  recommended  by  the  American 
Medical  Association  &  urges  upon  the  District  Societies  its 
uniform  adoption. 

3"^  That  hereafter  the  same  person  shall  be  ineligible  to 
the  office  of  President  or  Vice  President  of  this  Society  two 
years  in  succession. 

On  motion  of  Dr.  Abbott  the  report  was  accepted,  the 
Resolution  adopted,  &  further  time  granted  the  Com- 
mittee to  complete  their  report. 

The  Society  chose  J.  B.  Abbot  Sec'y  Pro.  Tem. 

Adjourned  for  one  hour. 

Met  according  to  adjournment  the  President  in  the 
Chair. 

Chose  the  following  gentlemen  a  Committee  to  nominate 
officers  of  this  Society  for  the  ensuing  year,  viz : —  E.  Car- 
ter, E.  Spaulding,  S.  Cummings,  A.  Smalley,  J.  C.  Eastman, 
&  E.  Bartlett. 

The  Committee  on  Patients  refered  the  case  of  Miss 
Lydia  Story  to  the  Society,  whereupon  J.  F.  Sargent  was 
chosen  a  Committee  to  confer  with  the  Examining  Com- 
mittee in  said  case. 

Voted,  That  the  recommendation  of  the  Council  "to  hold 

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370     Records  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society 

the  annual  meeting  of  the  Society  at  some  place  other  than 
Concord"  be  indefinitely  postponed. 

Voted,  To  attend  to  the  reading  of  Dissertations,  the 
time  for  that  purpose  having  arrived. 

Dr.  Chas.  F.  EUoitt  then  read  a  paper  on     [blank] 
and  Ed.  Spaulding  another  on     [blank] 
The   Delegates   of   Dartmouth   Medical   College   asked 
leave  to  report,  which  was  granted.     Dr.  C.  F.  Elhott  made 
a  report,  which,  after  some  remarks  by  Dr.  Crosby  &  others, 
was  accepted  &  ordered  to  be  placed  on  file. 

On  motion  of  C.  P.  Gage  it  was  Resolved:  I.  That  a 
Committee  of  three  be  appointed  by  the  Chair  to  memo- 
rialize the  State  Government  for  the  adoption  of  suitable 
measures  for  procuring  a  Registration  of  the  Births,  Mar- 
riages &  Deaths  occurring  in  this  State. 

2.  That  each  member  of  this  Society  &  of  the  profession 
throughout  the  State  be  requested  to  wait  on  the  Represent- 
atives &  Senators  of  their  respective  towns  &  Districts,  &  to 
urge  upon  them  the  importance  of  enacting  a  law  to  carry 
out  the  object  embraced  in  the  first  resolution. 

Drs.  Gage,  Chadbourn  &  Webster  were  appointed  said 
Committee.  The  Committee  on  nominations  made  a  re- 
port which  was  accepted. 

It  was  moved  &  voted,  the  Society  now  go  into  the  choice 
of  officers  for  the  ensuing  year. 

The  following  officers  were  balloted  for  &  declared  duly 
elected,  viz: — 

For  President  Peter  P.  Woodbury 
"    V.  President  Joseph  H.  Smith 
"    Secretary  Charles  P.  Gage 
"    Treasurer  Silas  Cummings 
Counsellors,   Ezra  Carter 

E.  K.  Webster  Cent.  Dist 

Ed.  Spaulding 

Thomas  H.  Marshall,  Southern  Dist. 

E.  Bartlett 

L.  G.  Hill,  Strafford  Dist. 

J.  C.  Eastman 


Records  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society     371 

J.  H.  Graves,  Manchester  Dist. 
Josiah  Bartlett 

Joseph  Eastman,  Rockingham  Dist. 
Geo.  B.  Twitchell 
F.  Boyden,  Western  Dist. 
A.  Smalley 

W.  Hosford,  Grafton  Dist. 
Censors.         R.  P.  J.  Tenney 

Horace  Gage,    Cent.  Dist. 

A.  F.  Carr 

E.  B.  Hammond,  South.  Dist. 

E.  B.  Gale 

J.  C.  Eastman,  Rockingham  Dist. 

E.  R.  Peaslee 

A.  Smalley,  Grafton  Dist. 

D.  Flanders 

Thos.  Wallace,  Manchester  Dist. 

A.  Twitchell 

J.  Batcheller,  Western  Dist. 

P.  A.  Stackpole 

N.  Martin,  Strafford  Dist. 

Corresponding  Secretaries,  S.  Cummings,  J.  C.  East- 
man, E.  R.  Peaslee,  J.  Crosby,  J.  B.  Abott,  F.  P. 
Fitch,  J.  H.  Smith. 

Delegates  to  Hanover,  J.  H.  Smith 
H.  Eaton. 

Adjourned  to  7  o'clock  P.  M. 

Met-  according  to  adjournment.  President  in  the  chair. 

The  Committee  to  examine  patients  asked  leave  to  report 
which  was  granted. 

On  motion  of  Dr.  Woodbury,  the  report  was  accepted. 

The  President  then  read  an  Address  on  the  Hystory  of 
Medicine. 

Adjourned  to  8  o'clock  A.  M.  to-morrow. 

Wednesday,  June  6,  1848. 

Met   according  to   adjournment,   the   President  in  the 
Chair. 


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Dr.  Thos.  Brown  laid  before  the  Society  a  petition  to  the 
Hon.  House  of  Representatives  for  the  passage  of  a  law  to 
prohibit  the  sale  of  alcoholic  drinks,  which  was  laid  on  the 
table. 

On  motion  of  Dr.  Dixi  Crosby,  it  was 

Resolved,  That  this  Society  regards  the  evils  which  re- 
sult from  the  use  of  alcoholic  drinks  as  an  occasional  or 
habitual  beverage  as  a  sufficient  cause  for  the  passage  of 
laws  that  shall  operate  as  a  prohibition  to  their  sale  except 
for  medicinal,  mechanical  &  chemical  purposes. 

A  true  copy  Attest 

Charles  Pinckney  Gage,  Sec'y- 

Minutes 
of  the 
Fifty-ninth  Annual  Session 
of  the 
Council  of  the  N.  H.  Medical  Society 
Held  in  Concord  June  4th  A.  D.  1849. 

The  Council  met  at  6  o'clock  P.  M.  the  President  Dr.  P. 
P,  Woodbury  in  the  chair. 

The  proceedings  of  the  last  meeting  were  read  and  ap- 
proved. 

Present  Drs.  P.  P.  Woodbury,  Carter,  Webster,  J.  C. 
Eastman,  &  Gage. 

On  motion  of  Dr.  Gage  it  was  voted  to  recommend  to  the 
Society  as  suitable  candidates  for  membership  Ed.  H. 
Parker  M.  D.  of  Concord  &  M.  D.  Senter  M.  D.  of  Suncook 
village. 

Appointed  for  Orators  for  1850 
Ezra  Bartlett 
Geo.  B.  Twdtchell 

Substitutes 

J.  C.  Eastman 
C.  P.  Gage. 

Adjourned  to  93^  o'clock  to-morrow  A.  M. 


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Tuesday  June  5,  1849. 

Morning  Session. 

The  President  in  the  chair.  Present  Drs.  Webster, 
Smalley,  E.  Bartlett,  J.  Bartlett,  &  J.  C.  Eastman. 

In  the  absence  of  the  Secretary  chose  Josiah  Bartlett 
Sec'y  pro  tern. 

On  motion  of  J.  Bartlett  voted  to  propose  the  names  of 
Usher  Parsons  M.  D.  of  Providence  R.  I.  as  an  honorary 
member  of  this  Society. 

Voted  to  propose  the  names  of  Geo.W.  Garland  M.  D.  of 
Meredith,  S.  K.  Kelley  M.  D.  of  Sanbornton  Bridge,  L.  F. 
Lock  M.  D.  of  Nashua  &  Wm.  P.  Stone  of  Danbury,  as 
suitable  persons  to  become  members  of  this  Society. 

Adjourned 

C.  P.  Gage,  Secretary. 

*  Minutes 

of  the 

Fifty  ninth  Annual  Meeting 

of  the 

New  Hampshire  Medical  Society 

Held  in  Concord  5*^^  June  1849. 

The  Society  met  at  10  o'clock  A.  M.  at  the  Phenix  Hotel 
the  President  in  the  chair: 

On  motion  of  Dr.  Ezra  Bartlett  adjourned  to  the  Rooms 
of  the  Concord  Society  of  Natural  History. 

The  following  named  members  were  present  to  wit. 
Dr.  James  Abbot 

Josiah  Bartlett 

J.  G.  Batchelder 

Ezra  Bartlett 

Thomas  Chadbourn 

Ezra  Carter 

Silas  Cummings 

John  Carr 

Josiah  Crosby 

Dixi  Crosby 

J.  C.  Eastman 


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Dr.  F.  P.  Fitch 

"  C.  P.  Gage 

"  C.  B.  Hamilton 

"  A.  McFarland 

"  Thos.  H.  Marshall 

"  E.  R.  Peaslee 

"  J.  F.  Sargent 

"  N.  Sanborn 

"  J.  Straw 

"  J.  H.  Smith 

"  J.  L.  Sweat 

"  R.  P.  J.  Tenney 

"  C.  C.  Thibbetts 

"  E.  K.  Webster 

"  A.  Smalley 

"  Geo.  H.  Hubbard 

"  M.  R.  Woodbury  ' 

"  P.  Mason 

"  P.  P.  Woodbury 

"  M.  T.  Willard 

"  J.  H.  Crombie 

"  N.  Martyn 

A  report  from  the  Council  was  then  read  &  accepted. 
The  President  then  appointed  the  following  Standing 
Committees  to  wit : 

Committee  to  Examine  Patients 

Dr.  J.  Bartlett 

"  A.  Smalley 

"  N.  Martyn 

"  "   Grover 

"  M.  R.  Woodbuey 

"  John  Carr 

"  R.  P.  J.  Tenney 

Committee  to  Audit  accounts 

Dr.  J.  B.  Abbott 
E.  F.  Wilson 


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On  motion  of  Dr.  Crosby  voted  to  suspend  the  rules  of 
order  for  the  purpose  of  election  of  members 
Whereupon  E.  H.  Parker,  M.  D.  of  Concord 

M.  D.  Sentre,  M.  D.  of        Suncook  Vill. 
Geo.  W.  Garland  M.  D.  of  Meredith  Bridge 
C.  K.  Kelley  M.  D.  "  Sanbornton  Bridge 

L.  F.  Locke  M.  D.  Nashua 

W.  P.  Stone  M.  D.  Danbury 

were  elected  members  &  Usher  Pearsons  M.  D.  of  Provi- 
dence R.  I.  was  elected  an  Honorary  Member. 

Ezra  Bartlett  was  elected  assistant  Secretary. 

On  motion  of  F.  P.  Fitch  voted  to  restore  to  membership 
Dr.  Josiah  Kittredge. 

On  motion  of  Dr.  Chadbourn  voted  to  membership  Dr. 
W™  Prescott  of  Concord. 

On  motion  it  was  voted  that  the  Special  Committee  to 
revise  the  By-Laws  now  report. 

Dr.  Peaslee  read  the  Report  which  on  motion  was  ac- 
cepted. 

On  motion  of  Dr.  Carter,  voted  to  consider  each  article 
separately. 

Each  article  was  then  read,  considered  &  adopted  from 
the  1st  to  the  12th,  inclusive. 

On  motion  of  Dr.  Martyn  it  was  voted  to  refer  the  whole 
subject  back  to  the  same  Committee  for  publication. 

On  motion  of  Dr.  Woodbury  voted  that  the  By-Laws  & 
Regulations  as  now  amended  be  incorporated  into  a  new 
edition  of  the  same  &  be  carried  into  effect  after  the  present 
annual   Meeting. 

Voted  to  choose  a  Committee  to  nominate  officers  for  the 
ensuing  year. 
Whereupon 

Dr.  D.  Crosby 
"    Stackpole 
"    Webster 
"    Kittredge 
"    Cummings 


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Dr.  J.  C.  Eastman 
"    J.  Bartlett  were   chosen  that   Committee. 

Adjourned  to  3  o'clock  P.  M. 
Afternoon  session 
The  President  in  the  Chair. 
Dr.  Ezra  Carter  read  a  paper  on  Obsteterics. 
The  Committee  on  nominations  made  a  report  which  was 
accepted. 

Proceeded  to  ballot  for  officers  for  the  ensuing  year,  and 
the  following  named  gentlemen  were  declared  duly  elected, 
to  wit: 

Joseph  H.  Smith,  President 
Josiah  Crosby,  Vice  President 
Charles  P.  Gage,  Secretary 
Silas  Cummings,  Treasurer 


Counsellors. 

For  Cent.  District. 

Ezra  Carter 

G.  H.  Hubbard 

"    Southern  Dist. 

Ed.  Spaulding 

Thomas  H.  Marshall 

"    Strafford 

)> 

Noah  Martyn 

P.  A.  Stackpole 

Manchester 

J.  C.  Eastman 

District 

Thomas  Brown 

Rockingham 

Josiah  Bartlett 

Dist. 

E.  B.  Gale 

Western 

Geo.  B.  Twitchell 

Dist. 

John  L.  Swett 

Grafton 

A.  Smalley 

Dist. 

W.  Hosford 

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Censors 


Cent.  Dist. 

R.  P.  J.  Tenney 

E.  K.  Webster 

South.  Dist. 

A.  F.  Carr 

E.  B.  Flanders 

Rockingham 

Josiah  Bartlett 

Dist. 

J.  C.  Eastman 

Grafton 

E.  R.  Peaslee 

Dist. 

A.  Smalley 

Manchester 

D.  Flanders 

Dist. 

W.  J.  Campbell 

Western 

A.  Twitchell 

Dist 

James  Batchelder 

Strafford 

John  S.  Fernald 

Dist. 

Ezra  Bartlett 

Corresponding  Secretaries 

S.  Cummings 

J.  C.  Eastman 

E.  R.  Peaslee 

J.  Crosby 

J.  B.  Abbott 


F.  P.  Fitch 


J.  H.  Smith 


Delegates  to  Dartmouth  Medical  Institution 

Noah  Martyn 
Charles  P.  Gage 

Dr.  McFarland  offered  the  following  resolutions,  which 
were  adopted. 

Resolved,  That  the  thanks  of  this  Society  be  extended  to 
Dr.  Thomas  0.  Edwards  late  Representative  in  Congress 
from  Ohio,  for  his  persevering  &  successful  efforts  in  matur- 
ing &  carrying  through  Congress  a  Bill  to  prevent  the  im- 
portation of  adulterated  drugs. 

Resolved,  That  the  Secretary  of  this  Society  be  in- 
structed to  forward  to  Dr.  Edwards  a  copy  of  this  resolution. 

On  motion,  Dr.  J.  H.  Smith  was  conducted  to  the  Presi- 
dents chair. 


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Dr.  P.  P.  Woodbury  then  read  an  interesting  paper  on  the 
subject  of  Procreation. 

The  Delegates  to  Dartmouth  Institution  made  a  report 
which  was  accepted. 

The  Committee  to  examine  patients  made  a  report  which 
was  accepted. 

Dr.  Peaslee  proposed  an  amendment  to  the  By-Laws 
which  was  adopted. 

Adjourned  to  8  o'clock  P.  M. 

Evening  Session. 

The  Society  met  at  8  o'clock  P.  M.  The  President  in  the 
Chair. 

Voted  to  proceed  to  election  of  Delegates  to  the  Ameri- 
can Medical  Association  to  meet  in  Cincinnati,  O.  in  May 
1850 

The  following  named  gentlemen  were  elected,  to  wit: 

Dr.  J.  S.  Fernald 
Noah  Martyn 
C.  B.  Hamilton 
G.  W.  Garland 
Mark  R.  Woodbury 
E.  H.  Parker 
J.  F.  Hall 
W.  P.  Stone 
Dixi  Crosby 
E.  R.  Peaslee 
N.  Wight 
J.  Bartlett 
Thos.  Chadbourn 
Amos  Twitchell 
P.  P.  Woodbury 

Elected  Dixi  Crosby,  Delegate  to  the  Phil'a  Convention 
for  revising  the  U.  S.  Pharmacopoea  &  Dr.  Albert  Smith  as 
his  substitute. 

On  motion  of  Dr.  Martyn  it  was  voted  to  instruct  the 
Delegate  to  use  his  influence  to  procure  the  registration  in 


Records  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society     379 

the  Pharmacopcea  of  the  use  of  the  several  compounds  & 
the  medium  dose  for  an  adult  &  in  the  English  language. 

Dr.  Fernald  offered  the  following  resolution  which  was 
adopted. 

Resolved.  That  the  Society  highly  approve  of  the  Regis- 
tration of  Births  Marriages  &  Deaths  and  will  take  such 
measures  as  will  seem  best  calculated  to  induce  the  Legis- 
lature to  pass  a  law  to  effect  this  object. 

Voted  to  refer  the  subject  to  the  same  committee  ap- 
pointed for  that  purpose  last  year. 

On  motion  of  Dr.  Stackpole  it  was  voted  to  reconsider  the 
amended  By-Laws. 

Dr.  Stackpole  offered  the  following  amendment,  which 
was  adopted. 

The  annual  tax  of  this  Society  shall  be  two  Dollars,  & 
those  who  do  not  belong  to  a  District  Society  the  annual 
tax  shall  be  three  Dollars. 

Adjourned  to  83^  o'clock  A,  M.  to-morrow. 

June  6th.     Morning  Session. 

The  President  in  the  chair. 

On  motion  of  Dr.  Fitch  voted  to  print  separately  from 
the  By-Laws  500  copies  of  the  Code  of  Medical  Ethics 
adopted  by  this  Society,  for  general  distribution  to  Physi- 
cians within  the  State. 

Dr.  D.  Crosby  offered  the  following  resolution,  which 
was  adopted. 

Resolved,  That  the  chairman  of  the  Committee  for  the 
examination  of  patients  shall  introduce  the  patients  to  the 
Society  at  the  time  of  making  the  report  whenever  practi- 
cable. 

Vot^d  that  the  President  appoint  a  Committee  of  three 
to  arrange  the  details  &  carry  said  resolution  into  effect. 

Drs.  Fitch,  Carter  &  Hall  were  appointed  said  Com- 
mittee. 

On  motion  of  Dr.  Martyn  voted  to  request  the  Ex  Pres- 
ident to  repeat  his  annual  address. 

Dr.  Woodbury  then  repeated  his  address,  which  was  com- 


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mented  upon  by  many  members  present,  after  which  the 
Society 

Voted  to  adjourn 

Charles  Pinckney  Gage,  Sec'y. 

[No  Council  record  for  1850] 

Minutes 

of  the 

Sixtieth  Annual  Meeting 

of  the 

New  Hampshire  Medical  Society 

Held  in  Concord  on  the  5th  of  June  1850 

The  Society  met  at  the  Natural  History  Rooms  at  10 
o'clock  A.  M. 

The  President  Joseph  H.  Smith,  on  taking  the  Chair  de- 
clared the  meeting  open  for  the  transaction  of  business. 

On  motion  the  minutes  of  the  last  meeting  were  read  & 
approved. 

On  motion  of  Dr.  Sanborn  the  Rules  of  order  were  sus- 
pended for  the  purpose  of  electing  members,  whereupon, 
Charles  H.  Shackford,  M.  D.  of  Somersworth 
David  S.  Prescott,  M.  D.  of  Temple 

John  Clough  M.  D.  "   Enfield 

Betton  W.  Sargent,  M.  D.  "   Barnstead 

Leland  H.  Angel,  M.  D.  "   Epping 

John  E.  Tyler,  M.  D.  "    Rollinsford  & 

Leonard  W.  Peabody  "   Epsom 

were  declared  duly  elected. 

On  motion  of  Dr.  E.  Carter,  adopted  the  following  form 
of  subscription,  to  wit: — 

The  subscribers  agree  to  complj^  with  By-Laws  &  Reg- 
ulations of  the  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society. 

On  motion  of  Dr.  Fitch  it  was 

Resolved: — That  the  vote  passed  at  the  last  meeting  al- 
lowing dehnquent  Fellows  to  retain  their  membership  by 
paying  five  Dollars  before  the  first  of  Jan^  last  be  so  modi- 
fied as  to  extend  the  time  of  such  payment  to  this  meeting. 


Records  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society     381 

On  motion  of  Dr.  Dixi  Crosby  the 
following  named  were  appointed  a  Committee,  to  report  a 
suitable  way  to  notice  the  death  of  the  late  Amos  Twitchell, 
M.  D.  of  Keene,  to  wit: — 

Dixi  Crosby 
Albert  Smith 
James  Batcheller 
Josiah  Bartlett 
Josiah  C.  Eastman 
Ezra  Carter 

On  motion  of  Dr.  J.  C.  Eastman  the  Committee  were 
instructed  to  take  into  consideration  the  death  of  Dr. 
Thomas  Brown  of  Manchester. 

The  President  appointed  Drs.  Webster,  Stackpole  & 
Sargent  a  Committee  to  audit  accounts. 

The  Committee  appointed  last  year  to  take 
into  consideration  the  best  method  of  examination  of 
patients  made  a  verbal  report  which  concluded  with  the 
following  suggestions,  viz: — 

1.  That  the  examining  Committee  examine  such  patients 
as  may  present  themselves  during  the  recess  of  this  body. 

2<^  That  the  Committee  introduce  before  the  Society 
such  of  the  more  interesting  cases  as  they  may  judge 
expedient. 

On  motion  of  Dr.  Webster,  a  Committee  was  appointed 
by  the  Chair,  consisting  of  one  from  each  District  Society, 
for  the  purpose  of  nominating  officers  for  the  ensuing  year. 
The  Chair  announced  the  following  as  said  Committee, 
to  wit: — 

L.  M.  Knight 
P.  P.  Woodbury 
L.  G.  Hill 
J.  C.  Eastman 
J.  Bartlett 
S.  Cummings 
E.  P.  Peaslee 


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On  motion  of  Dr.  Martin  voted  to  recognize  the  Carroll 
District  N.  H.  Medical  Society. 

In  answer  to  some  inquiries  by  Dr.  Martin  with  regard 
to  the  Manchester  Med.  Society,  Dr.  Jos.  Crosby  reported 
it  to  be  in  a  dying  condition. 

The  chair  appointed  the  following  named  a  Committee 
to  examine  patients,  to  wit: 

E.  R.  Peaslee,         J.  Bartlett, 

J.  C.  Eastman, 
J.  Batcheller 
S.  Cummings 
E.  Bartlett 
J.  S.  Fernald 


Dixi  Crosby, 
G.  W.  Garland, 

E.  H.  Parker, 

F.  P.  Fitch 
A.  Smith 


W.  H.  H.  Mason 
J.  Hall 
J.  Crosby 


On  motion  of  Dr.  Webster  it  was  Resolved — That  it  is 
expedient  to  establish  at  this  time  in  the  town  of  Concord 
a  Medical  Journal. 

Adjourned  until  3  o'clock  P.  M. 

Afternoon  Session. 

On  motion  the  chair  ap- 
pointed the  following  named  a  Committee  to  revise  the 
list  of  members,  to  wit: 

E.  Carter,  J.  B.  Abbott,  A.  F.  Carr,  Lock,  Smalley,  Clough, 
Martin,  Stackpole  &  J.  Crosby. 

Dr.  Knight  presented  the  report  of  the  Committee  of 
nomination  which  was  accepted. 

On  motion  proceeded  to  the  choice  of  Officers  for  the 
ensuing  year,  &  the  following  named  were  declared  duly 
elected,  to  wit, 

Josiah  Crosby, 
E.  R.  Peaslee, 


Councillors. 


C.  P.  Gage, 
S.  Cummings 

L.  M.  Knight 
M.  R.  Woodbury 
H.  Eaton 


President 
Vice  Pres. 
Secretary 
Treasurer. 


J.  Bacheller 
J.  L.  Sweat 
D.  Crosby 


Records  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society     383 


A. 

,  F. 

Carr 

A.  0.  Dickey 

L. 

G, 

,  Hill 

Jere.  F.  Hall 

J. 

S. 

Fernald 

W.  H.  H.  Mason 

J. 

Bartlett 

J. 

C. 

Eastman 

Censors. 

J.  Carr, 

G.  W.  Garland       F.  P.  Fitch 

A.  Smith 

J.  Dalton 

E.  B.  Gale,  C.  B. 

Hamilton 

A.  Smalley 

Geo.  W.  Twitchell 

F.  Boyden 

N.  Martin 

C.  F.  Elliott,  W.  H, 

H.  Mason 

J.  F.  Hall 

Corresponding  Secretaries.  S.  Cummings,  J.  C.  East- 
man, E.  R.  Peaslee,  J.  Crosby,  J.  B.  Abbot,  F.  P.  Fitch, 
J.  H.  Smith. 

Delegates  to  Dartmouth  Medical  Institution 

Ed  Spaulding 
A.  Smalley. 
Orators.     C.  P.  Gage 

J.  C.  Eastman. 

Resolved,  That  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Secre- 
tary to  furnish  a  condensed  copy  of  the 
proceedings  of  this  Society  to  the  Bos- 
ton Medical  &  Surgical  Journal,  &  a 
list  of  officers  to  the  Newspapers  of 
Concord  &  the  N.  H.  Annual  Register. 
Dr.  Sanborn  made  a  verbal  report  of  the  doings  of  the 
American  Medical  Association. 

Voted,  To  distribute  the  Code  of  Medical  Ethics  as 
adopted  by  the  American  Medical  Association,  to  the  regu- 
lar physicians  in  the  State. 

Dr.  E.  Bartlett  read  a  dessertation  upon  the  scientific  & 
moral  qualifications  of  Physicians. 

The  President  read  an  Address  upon  the  duties  of  the 
Physician. 

Adjourned  to  Wednesday  morning. 


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Wednesday  June  6th 

Morning  Session.     Dr.  Peaslee  in  the  Chair. 

The  Council  reported  R.  D.  Mussey  and  L.  V.  Bell  as 
suitable  candidates  for  Honorary  membership  in  this 
Society,  &  they  were  duly  elected. 

The  report  of  the  Delegates 
to  Dartmouth  Medical  Institution  was  read  &  accepted. 

The  Committee  on  patients 
made  a  report  which  was  read  &  accepted. 

Dr.  A.  Smith  from  the  Committee  to  whom  was  referred 
the  subject  of  Dr.  Twitchell's  death,  made  a  report  which 
was  read  &  accepted,  &  the  Resolutions  accompanying 
adopted.    See  next  page. 

On  motion  the  report  &  resolu- 
tions were  ordered  to  be  pubhshed  in  the  Boston  Medical 
&  Surgical  Journal. 

Resolved, 
That  the  Committee  on  patients  be  instructed  to  limit  their 
services  to  patients  under  the  care  of  Fellows  of  the  Society. 

Resolved,  That  we  will  exert  our  individual  influence  in 
support  of  a  Medical  Journal,  should  one  be  established  in 
our  State,  so  long  as  in  our  opinion  it  deserves  the  patronage 
of  the  medical  profession. 

Dr.  Fitch  of  the  Committee 
of  Correspondence  read  a  paper  on  the  Medical  Topography 
of  the  Southern  Medical  Dist. 

On  motion  of  Dr.  A.  Smith  a  Com.  of  three  was  appointed 
to  address  a  circular  to  the  regular  members  of  the  medical 
profession  in  the  State  setting  forth  inducements  &  also 
inviting  them  to  become  members  of  this  Society. 

A.  Smith,  N. 
Martin  &  J.  S.  Fernald  were  appointed  said. 

On  motion  proceeded  to  elect  Delegates  to  the  next 
meeting  of  the  American  Medical  Association.  Elected 
James  Bacheller,  W"  H.  H.  Mason,  E.  H.  Parker,  C.  H. 
Shackford,  Thomas  H.  Marshall,  Charles  P.  Gage,  Noah 


Records  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society     385 

Martin,  Albert  Smith,  P.  A.  Stackpole,  J.  S.  Fernald  & 
Adoniram  Smalley. 

Voted  to  dissolve. 
Charles  Pinckney  Gage,  Sec'y* 

Report  of  the  Com.  to  whom  was  referred  the  subject 
of  &c. 

The  Com.  to 
whom  was  referred  the  subject  of  the  death  of  Amos 
Twitchell  M.  D.  of  Keene,  late  Fellows  of  this  Society  beg 
leave  to  offer  the  following  resolutions 

Resolved.  That  we  have  heard  of  the  death  of  Dr.  Amos 
Twitchell  with  profound  regret. 

Resolved.  That  we  hold  his  memory  in  the  highest 
estimation,  as  one  who  lived  no  less  an  honor  to  our  profes- 
sion, than  a  noble  specimen  of  our  race. 

Resolved.  That  in  all  our  regrets  at  his  decease,  though 
he  died  at  nearly  the  Hmited  period  of  human  life,  we  feel 
happy  in  knowing,  agreeably  to  his  own  ardent  wish  that 
the  full  exercise  of  his  extraordinary  powers  were  never  in 
the  least  dimmed,  nor  that  the  slightest  cloud  ever  passed 
over  his  mind. 

Resolved.  That  while  we  deplore  his  sudden  removal  we 
would  extend  to  his  friends  &  to  the  wide  circle  of  his 
practice,  our  heartfelt  sympathy  for  a  loss,  that  the  suffering 
&  afflicted  will  only  know  how  fully  to  appreciate. 

Resolved,  That  Dr.  Geo.  B.  Twitchell  his  nephew  & 
associate  be  requested  to  deliver  before  this  Society  at  the 
next  annual  meeting,  such  a  discourse  commemorative  of 
his  virtues  as  a  man  &  Physician  as  he  shall  deem  proper. 

Resolved.  That  Dr.  Albert  Smith  be  a  substitute  for 
this  duty. 

Testimony  of  Respect  to  Dr.  Thos.  Brown. 

Whereas  it  has  pleased  God  since  the  last  meeting  of  this 
Society  to  remove  suddenly  by  death  Thomas  Brown, 
M.  D.  of  Manchester  for  many  years  an  active  &  effecient 
member  of  our  Fraternity;  Therefore,  Resolved,  That 
considering  his  moral  worth  &  respectable  standing  in  the 

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profession,  we  deeply  deplore  the  dispensation  of  Providence 
by  which  he  was  cut  down  in  the  strength  of  his  manhood, 
&  in  the  midst  of  his  usefulness. 

Resolved,  That  in  consequence  of  his  unweaned  exertions 
in  the  cause  of  Temperance  &  other  benevolent  operations 
of  the  day,  the  interests  of  philanthropy  &  humanity,  as 
well  as  our  profession  have  suffered  loss  by  his  removal. 

Resolved,  That  in  view  of  this  afflictive  dispensation  the 
N.  H.  Medical  Society  tender  to  the  bereaved  widow  & 
surviving  relations,  their  sincere  sympathy  &  condolence, 
&  that  the  Sec'y  be  requested  to  forward  to  her  a  copy  of 
the  above  resolutions. 

D.  Crosby 
A.  Smith 
J.  Batcheller 
N.  Martin 
J.  Bartlett 

E.  Carter 


^  Committee 


June  2^  1851. 
Council  met  at  Phenix  Hotel 

Present — Drs.  Bacheller,  Fernald,  Bartlett. 

Dr.  Bacheller — Pres.  pro.  tem. 
The  following  persons  were  proposed  for  membership, 
and  recommended. 

G.  A.  Phelps,  M.  D.  of  Jaffrey  by  Dr.  A.  Smith 
Ed.  P.  Cummings  M.  D.  Francestown — Dr.  A.  Smith 
Thos.  Sanborn  M.  D.  Newport 
A.  H.  Robinson  M.  D.  Sahsbury 
W".  Waterhouse  M.  D.  Barrington  by  Dr.  Fernald 
John  Fellows  Loudon  by  Dr.  Gage 

Sam  G.  Dearborn  Mt.  Vernon  by  Dr.  Fitch 
Moses  C.  Hoit  M.  D.  Bristol  by  Dr.  Knight 

Adjourned  to  93^  o'clk.  tomorrow  morn. 

June  3 — Met  agreeably  to  adjournment. 
On  motion  of  Dr.  Fernald —  Voted 

to  attend  the  reading  of  the  memoir  of  the  late  Dr.  Twitchel 
immediately  after  dinner. 


Records  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society     387 

Drs.  Sanborn  of  Henniker  &  Bacheller  of  Marlboro  re- 
tired by  consent  of  Council. 

Voted — That  the  Treasurer  be  directed  to  write  to 
delinquent  members  and  urge  immediate  payment. 

Voted — That  funds  remaining  in  the  hands  of  the 
Treasurer  be  appropriated  to  hquidate  debts  due  from  the 
Society 

The  following  appointments  made  for  1852 

E.  H.  Parker     J  „     ^         C.  P.  Gage  /  q  .    +-w 

}  Orators   t,    *    o^     i      i       i  Substitutes. 
J.  E.  Tyler        j  P.  A.  Stackpole     ] 

E.  K.  Webster,  Secretary. 

New  Hampshire  Medical  Society. 

The  sixty-first  annual  meeting  of  this  Society  was  holden 
at  the  Phoenix  Hotel  in  Concord  June  third  and  fourth 
1851. 

June  S'^.  At  half  past  ten  o'clock  the  meeting  was  called  to 
order  by  the  President,  Dr.  Josiah  Crosby  of  Manchester. 
The  records  of  the  last  meeting  were  read  and  accepted. 
The  usual  standing  committees  for  the  examination  of 
patients;  on  auditing  accounts;  and  on  nominations  were 
appointed. 

The  following  gentlemen  were  appointed  a  committee 
for  examining  patients, 

Dixi  Crosby  Noah  Martin 

P.  A.  Stackpole  W.  H.  H.  Mason 

W.  W.  Brown  Ed.  Spaulding 

J.  Bartlett  L.  M.  Knight 

E.  H.  Parker  G.  B.  Twitchell 

Committee  to  audit  accounts 

J.  B.  Abbot  E.  K.  Webster 

Committee  on  nominations, 

J.  Bartlett  E.  K.  Webster 

P.  H.  Stackpole  H.  Eaton 

J.  Batcheller  A.  Smalley 

W.  H.  H.  Mason 


388     Records  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society 
The  following  gentlemen  were  elected  members  of  the 


Society 

G.  A.  Phelps,  M.  D. 

East  Jaffrey 

Edward  P.  Cummings  M.  D. 

Francestown 

Abraham  H.  Robinson 

Sahsbury 

William  Waterhouse  M.  D. 

Barrington 

John  Fellows 

Loudon 

Sam^  G.  Dearborn  M.  D. 

Mont  Vernon 

Albert  G.  Weeks  M.  D. 

North  Barnstead 

Thomas  B.  Kittredge  M.  D. 

Keene 

Solomon  M.  Whipple  M.  D. 

New  London 

Otis  Ayer  M.  D. 

New  Hampton 

Luther  C.  Bean  M.  D. 

So.  Weare 

Jeremiah  Blake  M.  D. 

Tamworth 

Stephen  Brown  M.  D. 

Deerfield 

Moses  C.  Hoyt  M.  D. 

Bristol 

On  motion  of  Dr.  Fitch—         Resolved —  That 

the  Secretaries  of  the  several  District  Societies  be  instructed 
to  return  to  the  Secretary  of  this  Society,  annually,  at 
least  one  week  before  the  annual  meeting,  a  list  of  the 
associates  in  those  districts;  and  that  said  list  be  furnished 
to  the  Treasurer  as  his  guide  in  determining  the  amount  of 
the  annual  assessment  of  Fellows  of  this  body,  and  that  the 
Secretary  of  this  Society  notify  the  several  districts  of  the 
passage  of  this  resolution. 

The  report  of  the  delegates  to  attend  the  examinations 
at  Dart.  Coll.  was  received,  read  and  accepted. 

The  report  from  the  So.  District  Society  was  received, 
read  and  accepted. 

A  report  of  Dr.  Fitch  one  of  the  Corresponding  Secre- 
taries, of  an  interesting  case,  was  read,  and  on  motion  of 
Dr.  Gage,  was  accepted,  and  the  thanks  of  the  Society 
returned  to  Dr.  Fitch  for  his  interesting  report. 

The  report  of  the  Auditing  Committee  was  read  and 
accepted. 

On  motion  of  Dr.  Fernald  adjourned  to  half  past  two 
o'clock. 


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After  the  reassembling  of  the  Society,  listened  to  a 
Eulogy  on  the  character  of  Dr.  Amos  Twitchell  by  Dr. 
Albert  Smith. 

On  motion  of  Dr.  Martin  the  thanks  of  the  Society  were 
presented  to  Dr.  Smith  for  his  able,  interesting  and  beauti- 
ful eulogy  upon  the  life  and  character  of  the  late  Dr. 
Twitchell,  and  that  a  copy  of  the  same  be  requested  for 
publication  in  the  N.  H.  Journal  of  Medicine. 

The  Committee  on  Nominations,  by  leave,  reported  the 
following  list  of  officers  for  the  ensuing  year,  who,  on  ballot, 
were  declared  elected,  and  at  once  entered  upon  their 
duties. 


President, 
Vice  President, 
Secretary, 
Treasurer, 


E.  R.  Peaslee, 
Ezra  Carter, 
E.  K.  Webster, 
Silas  Cummings, 


Hanover 
Concord 
Boscawen 
Fitzwilliam 


For  Councillors. 


Nathan  Sanborn 
Albert  Smith 
Noah  Martin 
G.  B.  Twitchell 
A.  Smalley 
Wm.  H.  H.  Mason 
J.  C.  Eastman 


L.  M.  Knight 
P.  A.  Stackpole 
J.  Bartlett 
J.  L.  Sweatt 
J.  F.  Hall 
E.  B.  Hammond 
J.  Clough 


For  Censors, 


John  Carr 

T.  H.  Marshall 

J.  P.  Whittemore 

J.  Batchelder 

E.  Bartlett 

J.  Blake 

C.  B.  Hamilton 


M.  R.  Woodbury 
J.  C.  Eastman 
Dixi  Crosby 
F.  Boyden 
J.  F.  Hall 
E.  Spaulding 
J.  E.  Tyler 


390     Records  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society 

For  Corresponding  Secretaries 

F.  P.  Fitch  A.  Smalley 

J.  Blake  E.  H.  Parker 

N.  Martin  J.  Bartlett 

J.  Batchelder  W.  W.  Brown 

Delegates  to  N.  H.  Medical  School 
J.  S.  Fernald  Thomas  H.  Marshall 

2.  On    motion    of    Dr.    Fernald,  Resolved — 

That  members  of  other  State  Medical  Societies  and  of 
the  District  Societies  of  this  State,  may  be  elected  to 
this  Society,  and  become  members  by  paying  two 
dollars  on  admission,  and  the  annual  tax  thereafter. 

1.  On  motion  of  Dr.   Gage —  Resolved — 

That  each  member  shall  pay  a  fee  of  three  dollars  on 
admission  into  the  Society,  and  an  annual  tax  of  two 
dollars  thereafter. 

Delegates  to  the  American  Medical  Association 
1852. 
Centre   District        E.  K.  Webster         C.  P.  Gage 


Southern 

Strafford 

Rockingham 

Western 

Grafton 

Carroll 


Ed.  Spaulding  P.  P.  Woodbury 

Noah  Martin  Levi  G.  Hill 

Josiah  Bartlett  J.  P.  Whittemore 

Geo.  B.  Twitchell  Silas  Cummings 

A.  Smalley  C.  B.  Hamilton 

J.  F.  Hall  Jere^  Blake 


On  motion  of  Dr.  Martin,  Resolved — 

That  the  delegates  have  power  to  appoint  substitutes  and 
that  their  credentials  be  so  worded. 

June  4.  Met  according  to  adjournment. 

On  motion  of  Dr.  Martin,  Resolved 

That  hereafter  every  member,  on  presenting  a  patient  to 
this  Society  for  examination  and  prescription,  shall  present 
a  written  statement  of  the  rise,  progress  and  treatment  of 


Records  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society     391 

the  case  in  as  summary,  clear  and  distinct  a  manner  as  the 
nature  of  the  case  will  admit;  and  that  the  patient  shall 
remain  during  the  pleasure  of  the  Society. 
Voted.    That  the  chairmen  of  three  committees  to  examine 
patients  for  the  ensuing  year  be  now  appointed. 

Dr.  F.  P.  Fitch  of  Amherst;  Dr.  Dixi  Crosby  of  Hanover; 
and  Dr.  J.  E.  Tyler  of  Rollinsford,  were  accordingly  elected 
chairmen  of  the  committees,  to  be  filled  at  the  next  meeting. 
On  motion  of  Dr.  Parker.  Resolved, 

That  the  Secretary  of  this  Society  be  authorized  to  obtain 
copies  of  the  volumes  for  1850-51  of  the  proceedings  of  the 
American  Medical  Association,  for  such  members  of  the 
Society  as  shall  pay  the  subscription  price  to  him. 
On  motion  of  Dr.  Fernald.  Resolved, 

That  it  is  inconsistent  with  the  spirit  of  our  code  of  ethics 
for  Fellows  of  this  Society  to  give  certificates  of  approbation 
of  medical  compounds,  whether  the  formula  is  known  or 
not;  and  that  such  practice  is  detrimental  to  the  interests 
of  the  faculty,  and  tends  to  foster  empiricism. 
The  Council  reported  the  following  as  orators  for  the  next 
annual  meeting. 

Edward  H.  Parker        C.  P.  Gage,  Substitute 
John  E.  Tyler  P.  A.  Stackpole  Sub. 

The  Committee  on  examining  patients  made  a  report,  which 

was  accepted. 

E.  K.  Webster,  Sec^ 
May  31,  1852. 

Council  met  at  the  Phoenix  Hotel  agreeably  to  notice. 

Present — Drs.  Smith,  Bartlett,  Twitchell,  Smalley, 
Webster. 

Chose — Dr.  Bartlett  Pres.  Pro  tem. 

The  following  persons  were  proposed  for  membership 
and  recommended. 

S.  F.  Melcher  M.  D.  Groton  )  .      ^     „      „ 

Willard  Hosford  M.  D.  Orford        j  ^^  ^'-  ^"^^""^ 


392     Records  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society 

Appointed  C.  P.  Gage  &  Geo.  B.  Twitchell,  Orators  and 
J.  S.  Fernald  &  Andrew  McFarland  Substitutes  for  1853. 

Adjourned  to  tomorrow  9  o'clk  A.  M. 
June  1.  Met  according  to  adjournment. 

On  motion  by  Dr.  Smith —  Voted 

That  Ex.  Pres.  J.  Crosby  be  requested  to  give  the  address 
promised  last  year,  to-day  at  3  o'clk.  P.  M. 

The  following  persons  were  proposed  for  membership  and 
recommended. 

Jesse  A.  Sanborn  M.  D.  Campton  by  Dr.  N.  Sanborn. 
E.  L.  Griffin  M.  D.  Derry  by  Dr.  Hammond. 
C.  G.  Adams  M.  D.  Keene  by  Dr.  D.  Crosby. 
Elisha  Hatch  M.  D.  Hillsboro  by  Dr.  Hubbard. 
S.  D.  Colburn,  M.  D.  Bath  by  Dr.  Smalley. 
On  motion  of  Dr.  Twitchell  Voted 

That  12  o'clk.  M.  be  the  time  for  the  President's  address  and 
4  P.  M.  for  the  dissertation  by  Dr.  Parker. 
Adjourned 

E.  K.  Webster  Secy. 

New  Hampshire  Medical  Society 

The  sixty-second  annual  meeting  of  this  Society  was 
holden  at  the  Court  House  in  Concord  June  first  and  second 
1852.  At  the  appointed  hour  the  chair  was  taken  by  the 
President,  Prof.  Peaslee.  The  records  of  the  last  meeting 
were  read  and  accepted.  A  communication  was  received 
from  the  Council,  making  nominations  to  fellowships  in  the 
Society,  and  stating  the  order  of  business.  The  following 
gentlemen  were  elected  and  joined  the  Society: 

Jeses  A.  Sanborn  M.  D.  of  Campton,  and  Ezra  L.  Griffin 
M.  D.  of  Derry.  The  following  gentlemen  were  appointed 
a  committee  to  examine  patients. 

1^*.  Drs.  Fitch,  Garland,  Clough,  Gage,  Tenney. 

2^.  Drs.  Dixi  Crosby,  Woodbury,  Eastman,  Sanborn. 

3''.  Drs.  Tyler,  Bartlett,  J.  Crosby,  Hammond,  Abbott. 

Committee  to  audit  Treasurer's  accounts — 
Drs.  W.  H.  H.  Mason  and  Geo.  B.  Twitchell. 


Records  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society     393 

Committee  to  nominate  officers — 

Drs.  J.  C.  Eastman  P.  A.  Stackpole 

N.  Sanborn  A.  Smalley 

J.  Bacheller  E.  B.  Hammond. 

The  time  appointed  for  the  annual  address  by  the  President, 

the  Society  Hstened  with  much  interest  to  Prof.  Peaslee — 

Subject — The  duties  of  medical  men  to  themselves  and  their 

profession. 

On  motion  of  Dr.  J.  C.  Eastman 

Resolved,  That  the  thanks  of  the  Society  be  presented  to 

Professor  Peaslee,  for  the  able  and  interesting  address  with 

which  he  has  favored  us  this  day,  and  that  he  be  requested 

to  furnish  a  copy  of  the  same  for  publication  in  the  New 

Hampshire  Journal  of  Medicine. 

Reports  of  Corresponding  Secretaries  were  received  from 

Drs.  Smalley,  Blake  and  Parker. 

The  death  of  Dr.  Job  Wilson  of  Franklin  was  announced 
by  the  Secretary,  and  Drs.  Carr,  Abbott  &  P.  P.  Woodbury 
were  appointed  to  draft  resolutions. 

The  death  of  Dr.  Warren  E.  Chase  of  Portland  Me. 
was  announced  by  the  Secretary,  and  Drs.  Webster,  Carter 
and  Gage  were  appointed  to  draft  resolutions. 

Communications  from  District  Societies  were  read  by 
the  Secretary.    Adjourned  for  one  hour. 

On  motion  of  Dr.  Blake,  Dr.  W.  H.  H.  Mason  gave  a 
verbal  report  of  a  successful  operation  performed  by  him 
for  supplying  an  artificial  lip. 

The  report  of  the  delegates  to  the  medical  department  of 
Dartmouth  College  was  read  by  Dr.  Marshall,  of  Mason, 
and  accepted. 
•     On  motion  of  Dr.  Parker,  Resolved, 

That  we  have  heard  with  pleasure  the  report  of  the 
delegates  of  this  Society  to  the  New  Hampshire  Medical 
Institution,  and  that  we  cordially  approve  of  the  course  of 
instruction  at  this  school,  especially  in  the  early  education 
of  students. 

Resolved,  That  our  Delegates  to  the  American  Medical 


394     Records  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society 

Association  be  instructed  to  exert  themselves  to  uphold 
the  interests  of  this  and  similar  institutions. 

A  dissertation  was  read  by  Dr.  Parker  of  Concord  on  the 
Code  of  Ethics. 

The  Report  of  delegates  to  the  American  Medical  Asso- 
ciation was  made  by  Dr.  Blake  of  Tamworth  the  only  one 
who  attended  the  meeting  at  Richmond,  Va.  which  was 
accepted. 

Dr.  Bartlett  of  Stratham  introduced  Rev.  Mr.  Cummings 
of  Hillsboro'  Bridge,  who  upon  leave  being  granted  spoke 
concerning  the  relations  of  the  professions  of  medicine  and 
theology  to  each  other.    A  protracted  discussion  followed. 

On  motion  of  Dr.  Parker —  Resolved — 

That  it  is  the  profound  conviction  of  this  Society  that 
kind  and  intimate  relations  should  exist  between  clergymen 
and  physicians;  but  that  while  we  will  not  interfere  with 
the  spiritual  direction  of  the  patient,  unless  his  hfe  is  there- 
by endangered,  we  claim  the  same  non  interference  on  the 
part  of  the  clergy  towards  physicians,  so  far  as  their 
peculiar     duties     are     concerned.  Resolved — 

That  Rev.  Mr.  Cummings  be  requested  to  present  the 
above  resolution  to  the  Pastoral  Convention  of  New-Hamp- 
shire, and  to  state  the  accompanying  circumstances. 

The  committee  on  Nominations  made  their  report,  which 
was  accepted,  and  upon  ballot  the  following  officers  were 
chosen  for  the  ensuing  year — 

President —  Ezra  Carter —  Concord, 

Vice  President —  Albert  Smith —  Peterboro, 

Secretary —  E.  K.  Webster —  Boscawen 

Treasurer —  Silas  Cummings —  FitzwiHiam, 

Councillors 

Nathan  Sanborn  E.  B.  Hammond 

L.  K.  Knight  Harrison  Eaton 

Levi  G.  Hill  Josiah  Crosby 

J.  S.  Fernald  P.  P.  Woodbury 

Josiah  Bartlett  Geo.  B.  Twitchell 

J.  C.  Eastman  Frederick  Boyden 


Records  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society     395 


A.  Smalley 
John  Clough 


M.  R.  Woodbury 
J.  B.  Abbott 
J.  0.  French 
J.  Bacheller 
C.  B.  Hamilton 
Dixi  Crosby 
G.  H.  Shackford 
J.  H.  Smith 


Censors. 


W.  H.  H.  Mason 
J.  F.  Hall 


A.  F.  Carr 
T.  H.  Marshall 
Joseph  Eastman 
E.  L.  Griffin 
Josiah  Crosby 
J.  C.  Eastman 
J.  Blake 
J.  F.  Hall 


Corresponding  Secretaries. 

J.  Blake  L.  G.  Hill 

J.  Batcheller  A.  Smalley 

E.  H.  Parker  J.  Bartlett 

W.  W.  Brown  E.  Spaulding 

Delegates  to  the  N.  H.  Medical  Institution 
WiUiam  Prescott — Mark  B.  Woodbury. 

Delegates  to  American  Medical  Association 

E.  K.  Webster  E.  H.  Parker 

E.  B.  Hammond  F.  P.  Fitch 

P.  A.  Stackpole  Noah  Martin 

J.  C.  Eastman  Josiah  Bartlett 

J.  Bacheller  Silas  Cummings 

A.  Smalley  John  Clough 

W.  H.  H.  Mason  J.  F.  Hall 

On  motion  of  Dr.  Stackpole —  Resolved 

That  delegates  be  authorized  to  fill  vacancies  by  transferring 
their  certificate. 

The  committee  on  the  death  of  Dr. 
Wilson  reported  the  following  resolutions  which  were 
unanimously  adopted.         Resolved — 

That  in  the  death  of  Dr.  Job  Wilson  this  Society  has  lost 


396     Records  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society 

a  worthy  and  highly  esteemed  member,  and  the  Profession 
a  firm  and  unwavering  friend  to  the  cause  of  Medical  Science. 

Resolved — 
That  Dr.  Wilson's  patient  and  persevering  efforts  in 
the  investigation  of  the  causes,  symptoms  and  best  mode 
of  treatment  of  disease  are  worthy  the  imitation  of  his 
brethren  in  the  profession;  and  his  stern  and  strict  in- 
tegrity, his  high  moral  worth  and  his  unassuming  but 
sincere  piety  have  entitled  him  to  the  confidence  of  the 
public. 

Resolved — 
That  a  copy  of  these  resolutions  be  forwarded  to  the 
friends  of  the  deceased. 

John  Carr  ) 

J.  B.  Abbott  }  Committee 

P.  P.  Woodbury    ) 

The  committee  on  the  death  of  Dr.  Chase  reported  the 
following  resolutions  which  were  unanimously  adopted. 

Resolved — 

That  in  the  death  of  Warren  E.  Chase  M.  D,  late  of 
Portland  Me.  we  feel  that  medical  science,  truth  and  human- 
ity have  lost  an  ardent  friend  and  the  community  a  valued 
Physician. 

Resolved — That  we  wish  to  bear  testimony  to  the  high 
respect  which  we  entertain  for  the  character  of  the  de- 
parted, as  an  inteUigent,  skilful  and  humane  physician 
and  that  we  lament  the  loss  which  we  sustain,  in  common 
with  our  fellow  citizens,  and  as  members  of  the  same 
profession.  Resolved — 

That  we  tender  to  the  family  and  friends  of  our  deceased 
brother  and  fellow  laborer  our  sincere  condolence  and 
sympathy. 

Resolved — That  the  Secretary  transmit  to  the  family  a 
copy  of  the  foregoing  resolutions. 

E.  K.  Webster    ) 

E.  Carter  )  Committee 

C.  P.  Gage  ) 


Records  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society     397 

Prof.  Peaslee  introduced  the  newly  elected  President,  Dr. 
Carter,  to  the  chair,  and  at  six  o'clock  the  Society  adjourned 
to  eight  o'clock,  Wednesday  morning. 
June  2.  Met  agreeably  to  adjournment,  at  8  o'clk. 

Dr.  Crosby  from  the  Committee  on  Surgery,  made  a 
report  which  was  accepted. 

Dr.  Bartlett  from  committee  on  Theory  and  Practice 
reported.    Accepted. 

Reports  from  Patients  of  last  year  were  had.  Miscel- 
laneous conversation  upon  cases  and  the  use  of  Chloroform 
and  Ether  followed. 

Dr.  Moore  of  Concord,  by  leave,  introduced  Rev.  Mr. 
Durgin  of  Meredith  Bridge,  whose  skin  has  been  deeply 
stained  by  the  use  of  nitrate  of  silver  applied  to  the  air 
passages.  Mr.  D.  related  the  particulars  of  his  case. 
Miscellaneous  conversation  followed. 
On  motion  of  Dr.  Garland —  Resolved — 

That  the  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society  regarding  the 
New  Hampshire  Journal  of  Medicine  as  a  valuable  acquisi- 
tion to  the  means  of  diffusing  scientific  and  practical 
medical  knowledge.  Resolve,  That  its  editor  and  publisher 
deserve  encouragement  from  the  entire  medical  profession 
of  New  Hampshire,  and  the  thanks  of  this  Society,  for  their 
individual  enterprise  and  independence  in  establishing  and 
conducting  the  same. 

On  motion  of  Dr.  Stackpole —  Resolved — 

That  the  Secretary  of  this  Society  be  hereafter  required  to 
notify  the  members,  of  the  annual  meeting,  individually 
by  circular,  instead  of  the  usual  manner. 
The  Council  announced  the  following  appointments  for  the 
ensuing  year. 

C.  P.  Gage        )  „     ,  G.  B.  Twitchell     )  a  u  ^-^  ^ 

T  o   -ri        1  1     \  Orators       .    t.^  t-,    i      i        i  Substitutes. 
J.  S.  Fernald     )  A.  McFarland       \ 

Drs.  E.  B.  Hammond,  L.  G.  Hill  &  A.  Smalley  were  ap- 
pointed chairmen  of  committees  to  examine  patients. 
At  a  late  hour  a  communication  was  received  from  the 
Pastoral  Convention  of  Congregational  and  Presbyterian 


398     Records  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society 

Ministers,  through  Rev.  Dr.  Bouton,  Clerk  of  the  Conven- 
tion, which  on  motion  was  referred  to  the  next  annual 
meeting. 

Adjourned  E.  K.  Webster,  Sec^. 

June  2,  1852. 

May  30"^  1853. 
The  Council  of  the  N.  H.  Medical  Society  met  at  the 
Phenix  Hotel  at  7  o'clk  P.  M.  agreeably  to  previous  notice. 

Adjourned  to  9  o'clk  A.  M. 
May  31— 

31.     Met  according  to  adjournment. 
The  following  persons  were  proposed  and  recommended, 
viz. 

Stillman  G.  Wood  M.  D.  No.  Enfield  j  ^j    t^     p, 
John  H.  W.  Baker  M.  D.  Plainfield     i  ^^         <-lough 


Sam'.  B.  French  M.  D.  Richmond 
O.  P.  Bradley  M.  D.  East  Jaffrey 
Nathan  Shannon  M.  D.  Loudon 
John  Wheeler  M.  D.  Barnstead 
Oliver  Goss  M.  D.  Lake  Village 
Sol".  M.  Whipple  M.  D.  New  London 
B.  H.  Philhps  M.  D.  Pembroke 
B.  W.  Sargent  M.  D.  Barnstead 
B.  W.  Reynolds  M.  D.  Great  Falls 
S.  G.  Dearborn  M.  D.  Mt.  Vernon 


Dr.  Wight 
Dr.  A.  Smith 
Dr.  Parker 
Dr.  Chadbourne 
Dr.  Mason 
Dr.  Sweatt 
Dr.  Parker 
Dr.  Knight 
Dr.  L.  G.  Hill 
Dr.  Fitch 


Voted — That  the  dissertation  by  Dr.  Twitchell  be  had  at 
12  o'clk.  M.  this  day 
"         That  the  dissertation  by  Dr.  Fernald  be  had  at 
12  3^  o'clk  P.  M.  this  day. 

Andrew  McFarland  M.  D.  &  W.  H.  H.  Mason  were  ap- 
pointed   Orators —         and    A.    H.    Robinson    M.    D.    & 
Wm.  P.  Stone  M.  D.    Substitutes  for  1854. 
Adjourned 

E.  K.  Webster,  Sec^. 

New-Hampshire  Medical  Society. 

The  sixty  third  annual  meeting  of  this  Society  was  holden 
at  the  Court  House  in  Concord  May  31"*  &  June  1"'  1853. 


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The  meeting  was  called  to  order  by  the  President,  Dr. 
Ezra  Carter,  of  Concord. 

The  records  of  the  last  meeting  were  read  and  accepted, 
A  communication  was  received  from  the  Council  recom- 
mending   candidates    for    fellowship,    and    the    following 
gentlemen  were  elected  fellows,  Viz. 

John  W.  H.  Baker,  M.  D.  Plainfield, 

Stillman  G.  Wood,  M.  D.  No.  Enfield, 

Samuel  P.  French,  M.  D.  Richmond, 

Oscar  H.  Bradley,  M.  D.  Jaffrey, 

Nathaniel  Shannon,  M.  D.  Loudon, 

John  Wheeler,  M.  D.  Barnstead, 

Ohver  Goss,  M.  D.  Lake  Village, 

Solomon  M.  Whipple,  M.  D.  New  London, 

Butler  H.  PhilUps,  M.  D.  Pembroke, 

Betton  W.  Sargent,  M.  D.  No.  Barnstead, 

William  B.  Reynolds,  M.  D.  Great  Falls. 

Committees  to  examine  Patients. 

1^*.  Drs.  Hill,  Mason,  Sweatt,  Knight,  T.  Wilson,  Peabody. 
2°'^.  Drs.  Hammond,  Twitchell,  Marshall,  Stackpole,  Sar- 
gent, Brown. 
3'''^.  Drs.  Smalley,  Hubbard,  Whittemore,  Kelley,  Stone. 

Committee  to  Audit  Treasurer's  Account. 
Drs.  J.  B.  Abbott  &  C.  P.  Gage. 

The  delegates  to  the  American  Medical  Association 
presented  the  following 

Report — which  was  accepted. 

The  undersigned,  appointed  at  the  last  meeting  of  this 
Society,  delegates  to  the  American  Medical  Association 
holden  in  New  York  on  Tuesday  the  3^^  day  of  May  1853, 
have  attended  to  their  duties  and  beg  leave  to  report.  The 
session  of  the  Association  commenced  on  the  morning  of 
May  3*^  and  continued  three  days.  The  business  was 
carried  forward  rapidly  and  successfully  and  the  whole 
proceedings  were  characterized  by  courtesy  and  general 


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good  feeling.  This  was  in  a  large  measure  to  be  attributed 
to  the  exertions  of  Dr.  Jonathan  Knight  of  Conn,  who  was 
elected  President  of  the  Association.  This  was  a  deviation 
from  the  ordinary  rule  of  selecting  the  president  of  the 
Association  from  the  place  in  which  the  meeting  is  held. 
It  was  due,  in  part,  to  the  acknowledged  merits  of  Dr. 
Knight,  and  in  part  to  the  fact  that  two  candidates,  Drs. 
Francis  and  Mott,  were  presented  by  the  faculty  of  New 
York  City,  and  the  nominating  committee  did  not  care 
to  take  the  responsibihty  of  deciding  between  them.  Re- 
ports were  received  from  some  of  the  various  standing 
committees.  But  most  of  them  were  continued  another 
year.  Among  them  we  may  mention  that  of  Dr.  C.  D. 
Meigs  of  Philadelphia  upon  diseases  of  the  cervix  uteri. 
It  was  not  read,  even  by  synopsis,  in  accordance  with  the 
wishes  of  the  author  who  did  not  consider  it  to  be  adapted 
to  a  mixed  audience.  It  was  pronounced  by  Dr.  D.  Francis 
Candie,  a  very  superior  production,  and  in  for  an  increase 
of  the  annual  fee  to  five  dollars  he  stated  that  the  illustra- 
tions of  this  report  would  cost  $1000.  The  report  of  Dr. 
G.  Emerson  of  Pennsylvania  on  the  influence  of  upward 
radiation  as  a  cause  of  disease  was  interesting  and  valuable, 
presenting  in  this  respect  a  marked  contrast  to  the  report 
on  Typhoid  Fever  by  Dr.  H.  F.  Campbell  of  Georgia.  As 
Dr.  Campbell  commenced  his  synopsis  by  saying  that  he 
had  but  little  experience  in  the  treatment  of  this  disease 
and  but  little  acquaintance  with  its  phenomena,  we  may 
be  allowed  to  add  that  he  showed  himself  equally  unac- 
quainted with  its  patholog  by  ascribing  all  its  appearances 
to  an  influence  upon  the  ganglionic  system  of  nerves,  and 
running  into  the  wildest  vagaries  of  the  nervous  pathology. 
Able  reports  were  presented  on  Medical  Literature  and 
Medical  Education,  the  former  by  Dr.  N.  S.  Davis  of 
lUinois,  the  latter  by  Dr.  Pitcher  of  Michigan.  But  it  is 
entirely  impossible  for  us  to  give  here  a  synopsis  of  either. 
For  the  prizes  offered  for  essays,  there  were  quite  a  number 
of  competitors,  but  they  were  awarded,  the  first  to  Dr. 
Waldo  J.  Burnett  of  Boston,  the  subject  of  whose  essay  was 


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"  The  Cell,  its  physiology,  pathology  and  phylosophy." 
The  second  to  Dr.  W.  L.  Atler  whose  subject  was  "  The 
surgical  treatment  of  certain  fibrous  tumors  of  the  uterus, 
heretofore  considered  beyond  the  reach  of  art."  Others 
of  the  papers  presented  were  declared  to  be  worthy  of 
honorable  mention. 

There  were  a  large  number  of  resolutions  presented  and 
agreed  to.  One  or  two  of  them  require  some  notice  from 
this  Society.  The  first  presented  by  Dr.  Palmer  of  Chicago 
as  follows — "  Resolved,  That  this  association  earnestly 
recommend  to  the  local  societies  in  different  portions  of 
our  country  to  appoint  committees  whose  duty  it  shall  be 
to  record  the  prevalence  of  epidemics  or  other  diseases, 
and  the  general  state  of  health  in  their  respective  localities, 
and  to  transmit  said  reports  to  the  committees  of  the  Society 
on  Epidemics,  through  the  State  Societies  where  they 
exist."  This  resolve  was  passed  in  consequence  of  the 
deficiency  of  information  which  ought  to  and  must  be 
furnished  by  individuals  of  the  profession,  or  else  is  not  to 
be  obtained  in  any  way.  Other  Societies  devote  a  good 
degree  of  attention  to  collecting  this  information,  and  your 
delegates  respectfully  submit,  whether  or  not  it  is  not  the 
duty  of  this  venerable  Society  to  take  care  that  it  is  not 
outstripped  by  its  younger  rivals  in  benefiting  the  profes- 
sion and  the  country.  Another  subject  of  a  good  deal  of 
interest  was  introduced  by  the  offering  of  the  following 
resolution  by  Dr.  Peaslee  of  this  State.  "  Resolved,  That 
it  is  the  duty  of  the  Faculties  to  refuse  to  admit  to  examina- 
tion for  the  degree  of  Doctor  in  Medicine  alLpersons  who 
intend  to  engage  in  any  other  than  the  regular  practice, 
and  to  give  notice  of  this  in  their  annual  course  of  lectures." 
An  amendment  was  proposed  to  this  and  the  whole  matter 
was  laid  upon  the  table,  till  the  next  day  when  it  was  called 
up  in  another  form  and  ended  in  the  expression  of  the  opin- 
ion by  the  Association  that  Medical  Colleges  and  other 
boards  authorized  to  graduate  candidates  should  require 
them  to  sign  the  Code  of  Ethics  of  the  Association,  and 

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make  the  administration  of  a  pledge  that  they  will  abide 
by  it,  a  portion  of  the  public  exercises  of  Commencement. 

This  subject  created  more  feeling  and  called  out  more 
earnest  discussion  than  any  other  topic,  which  came  before 
the  meeting.  Your  delegates  could  not  but  be  struck  with 
the  fact  that  most  of  the  opposition  to  the  resolution  came 
from  city  schools  and  from  some  of  those  which  graduate 
the  largest  number  of  students,  while  the  smaller  and  the 
country  schools  very  generally  supported  them. 

Your  delegates  were  not  forgetful  of  the  resolution  passed 
last  year  by  this  Society,  instructing  them  to  guard  the 
interests  of  our  State  School,  but  the  objectionable  action 
which  was  anticipated  was  not  attempted,  and  there  was, 
of  course,  no  occasion  for  opposition.  New  Hampshire  was 
represented  in  the  Association  by  thirteen  delegates  from 
the  various  Societies  and  institutions;  a  good  number  but 
not  so  large  as  we  had  hoped  to  see,  and  as  was  expected 
from  the  ease  of  access  to  New  York  and  the  fact  that  next 
year  it  is  to  be  held  at  so  great  a  distance,  in  St.  Louis. 
The  hospitality  of  the  Association  by  the  profession  of  New 
York  was  more  than  liberal,  and  your  delegates  desire  here 
to  acknowledge  it.  It  was  extended  to  them  both  publicly 
and  privately,  and  added  very  much  to  the  pleasure  of 
the  occasion. 

Of  the  delegates  appointed  by  this  Society  four  were 
present,  the  undersigned  and  Dr.  Josiah  Bartlett  of  Strat- 
ham.     Dr.  Bartlett  hastened  to  return  to  his  duties  and 
perished  by  the  way.    From  the  fact  that  he  was  so  long  a 
member,  and  that  a  prominent  one  of  this  Society  it  seems 
fitting  that  we  should  here  adopt  appropriate  resolutions 
expressive  of  our  feelings,   and  your  delegates  take  the 
liberty  to  move  that  a  committee  of  five  be  appointed  by 
the  chair  to  draft  and  present  appropriate  resolutions. 
All  which  is  respectfully  submitted, 
E.  K.  Webster    \ 
A.  Smalley,  >  Delegates. 

E.  H.  Parker.      ) 
May  31«*  1853. 


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On  motion  of  Dr.  Dixi  Crobsy —  Resolved,  that  a 
committee  of  three  be  appointed  to  present  resolutions  to 
this  Society  in  relation  to  the  recent  sudden  death  of  Dr. 
Josiah  Bartlett  and  that,  that  committee  appoint  some 
person  to  present  sketches  of  his  life. 

Committee  appointed  were —  Drs.  Fernald,  Stackpole 
and  Eastman. 

On  motion  of  Dr.  Brown —  Resolved,  That  a  com- 
mittee of  three  be  appointed  to  write  a  biography  of  Dr. 
Joseph  Eastman  of  Hampstead. 

Committee — Drs.  Brown,  J.  Crosby  &  Griffin. 
At  12  o'clock.     An  interesting  dissertation  was  read,  upon 
the  use  of  Chloroform,  by  Dr.  Geo.  B.  Twitchell. 
123^  o'clk.     A  dissertation,  by  Dr.  Garland  substitute  for 
Dr.  Fernald,  upon  Recto  Vaginal  Fistula  with  instruments. 
On  motion  of  Dr.  D.  Crosby —  Resolved- — 

That  the  thanks  of  this  Society  be  presented  to  Dr. 
Garland  for  his  very  sensible  remarks  and  the  exhibition 
of  his  very  ingenious  instruments. 
On  motion  of  Dr.   D.   Crosby —  Resolved — 

That  Dr.  N.  Plummer  be  invited  to  dine  with  the  Society. 
On  motion  of  Dr.  Webster —  The  Chair  appointed 

Drs.    Stackpole,    Smalley,    Twitchell,    Fitch,    Eastman, 

Parker  were  appointed  a  committee  to  nominate  officers. 
At  1  o'clk.  P.  M.      President's  Address. 

Adjourned  to  3}4  o'clk.  P.  M. 

33^  P.  M.  Met. 

On    motion    of    Dr.     Garland —  Resolved — 

That  the  members  of  this  Society,  in  view  of  the  Provi- 
dential escape  of  Dr.  Nathan  Sanborn  of  Henniker  from 
the  awful  death  met  by  so  many  distinguished  men  at 
Norwalk  Conn,  congratulate,  wth  thankful  hearts,  his 
immediate  friends  and  each  other,  that  he  is  still  Avith  us. 
On  motion  of  Dr.   Chadbourne —  Resolved — 

That  the  thanks  of  the  Society  be  presented  to  the 
President,  Dr.  Ezra  Carter,  for  his  interesting  and  instruc- 


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tive  address,  and  that  a  copy  be  requested  for  publication 

in  the  New  Hampshire  Journal  of  Medicine. 

On    motion   of    Dr.    Parker —  Resolved — 

Whereas  during  the  two  years  past  several  suits  have 
been  commenced  and  carried  through  against  physicians 
for  alleged  mal-practice,  and  whereas  verdicts  have  been 
repeatedly  obtained  against  the  decided  testimony  of  the 
most  able  physicians — therefore  Resolved — 

That  a  committee  of  three  be  appointed  to  prepare  resolu- 
tions expressive  of  the  position  to  be  taken  by  this  Society 
as  to  such  prosecutions. 

Committee  appointed — Drs.  Clough,  Robinson,  Stack- 
pole,  who  submitted  the  following —  Report — 

Whereas  in  view  of  the  fact  that  the  general  practitioner 
is  frequently  call  to  the  treatment  of  fractures  and  disloca- 
tions and  expected  to  make  speedy  and  perfect  recoveries, 
and  whereas  it  is  oftentimes  impossible,  from  the  nature  of 
the  injury,  constitution,  habits  or  temperament  of  the 
patient  to  obtain  so  desirable  a  result,  and  whereas  failures 
are  frequently  followed  by  unjust  and  vexatious  lawsuits — 

therefore 
Resolved — That  hereafter  we,  the  members  of  the  N.  H. 
Medical  Society,  agree  and  hereby  proclaim  that  we  will 
not  set,  dress  or  treat  any  fracture  or  dislocation,  or  perform 
any  operation  in  surgery  until  the  person  or  persons  so 
requiring  such  surgical  assistance  by  himself,  parent  or 
guardian,  shall  make  pubUc  declaration  or  give  a  good  and 
sufficient  bond  that  they  will  accept  such  service  at  their 
own  risk — and  shall  in  any  event  or  termination  of  the  case 
be  satisfied  with  the  result. 

Accepted.  J.  Clough 

Signed  A.  H.  Robinson 

P.  A.  Stackpole 

On  motion  of  Dr.   McFarland —  Resolved — 

That  the  foregoing  Resolution  and  Report  thereon  be 
referred  to  a  committee  of  three — Drs.  McFarland,  Parker 
&  Fernald — with  instructions  to  report  at  the  next  annual 


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meeting  of  the  Society,  and  liberty  to  publish  so  much  of 
their  doings  as,  in  their  judgment  shall  be  advisable.  Also 
that  the  necessary  expenses  incurred  by  the  committee  in 
their  investigations  be  paid  by  the  Society. 

The  Committee  on  Nominations,  by  leave,  reported  the 
following  list  of  officers  for  the  ensuing  year,  who,  on 
ballot,  were  declared  elected,  and,  at  once,  entered  upon 
their  duties — 

President,  Albert  Smith Peterboro 

Vice  President,  J.  S.  Fernald Barrington 

Secretary,  E.  K.  Webster Boscawen 

Treasurer,  Silas  Cummings Fitzwilliam 

For  Councillors 

W.  W.  Brown  Charles  P.  Gage 

P.  A.  Stackpole  Chas.  F.  Elhott 

F.  P.  Fitch  A.  F.  Carr 
J.  C.  Eastman  E.  L.  Griffin 
A.  Smalley  J.  Clough 
Geo.  B.  Twitchell  J.  0.  French 
W.  H.  H.  Mason  J.  F.  Hall 

For  Censors 

G.  W.  Garland  Nathan  Sanborn 
L.  G.  Hill  J.  H.  Smith 
Ed.  Spaulding  James  Danforth 
J.  H.  Crombie  J.  P.  Whittemore 
L.  C.  Bean  J.  W.  H.  Baker 
Fred.  Boyden  J.  Bacheller 

W.  H.  H.  Mason  J.  F.  Hall 

For  Corresponding  Secretaries. 
W.  W.  Brown—    C.  H.  Shackford—    H.  Eaton 
J.  C.  Eastman—  A.  Smalley—  G.  B.  Twitchell 

W.  H.  H.  Mason— 

For  Delegates  to  Dartmouth  College- 
John  E.  Tyler — Alonzo  F.  Carr. 


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Delegates  to  American  Medical  Association. 

T.  H.  Marshall  Silas  Cummings 

E.  B.  Hammond  John  Clough 

W.  H.  H.  Mason  J.  F.  Hall 

E.  L.  Griffin  C.  H.  Shackford 

F.  P.  Fitch  J.  0.  French 

Dr.  Wm.  Prescott  delegate  to  Hanover  made  a  report  which 

was  accepted. 

Dr.  Smalley  reported  a  case  of  supposed  intususception 

which  terminated  favorably. 

Dr.  Crosby  reported  a  case  of  impacted  faeces  terminating 

favorably. 

Dr.  Fernald  &  Sweatt  also  reported  cases. 

On    motion   of   Dr.    Parker —  Resolved — 

That  it  is  the  decided  opinion  of  the  New  Hampshire 
Medical  Society  that  no  delegate  should  be  admitted  to 
membership  in  the  American  Medical  Association  who 
represents  a  Medical  Society  which  numbers  among  its 
members  any  person  or  persons  who  adopt  as  their  system 
of  practice,  any  form  of  empiricism.  Resolved — 

That  the  Secretary  of  this  Society  be  instructed  to  trans- 
mit a  copy  of  this  resolution  to  the  Secretary  of  the  Ameri- 
can Medical  Association  previous  to  the  next  annual 
meeting,  and  to  the  Secretary  to  each  of  the  State  Medical 
Societies. 
On  motion  of  Dr.  Peaslee —  Resolved — 

That  a  committee  be  appointed  consisting  of  one  member 
from  each  Medical  District  in  this  State,  whose  duty  it 
shall  be  to  obtain  the  names  of  all  the  medical  practitioners 
within  their  respective  districts,  and  ascertain  at  what 
medical  schools  all  the  irregular  as  well  as  the  regular 
practitioners  obtained  their  Diplomas.  The  facts  thus 
obtained  to  be  published  at  such  time  and  in  such  manner 
as  the  Committee  may  decide  upon. 

For  Committee  on  the  above  Resolution 

Drs.  Smalley —      Parker —         Fitch —      Griffin — 
Twitchell —  Stackpole —    Mason —  J.  Crosby — 


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June  1. 

The  Committee  appointed  to  prepare  resolutions  relating 
to  the  late  sudden  death  of  Dr.  Josiah  Bartlett  made  the 
following 

Report — 

Whereas,  when  the  King  of  Terrors  approaches  in  the 
ordinary  manner,  and  seizes  on  our  friends,  it  excites  in 
us  fear  commingled  with  our  grief — but  if  stricken  by  a 
sudden  casualty,  our  griefs  are  more  deep  and  reflection 
more  profound.  It  forcibly  impresses  upon  our  minds, 
"  What  shadows  we  are,  and  what  shadows  we  pursue, 
therefore  Resolved — 

That  in  the  sudden  demise  of  our  respected  brother, 
Dr.  Josiah  Bartlett,  we  are  forcibly  reminded  of  the  un- 
certainty of  life,  and  the  necessity  of  our  absolute  prepera- 
tion  for  death —  Resolved — 

That  in  the  death  of  Dr.  Bartlett  the  community  has 
lost  a  valuable  mefnber.  Religion  an  able  advocate,  and  the 
Profession  an  energetic  coadjutor.  Resolved — 

That  we  most  sincerely  and  heartily  condole  with  the 
family  and  circle  of  private  friends  of  the  deceased,  and 
assure  them  that  we  will  cherish  the  memory  of  our  brother 
with   affection  and  respect.  Resolved — 

That  Dr.  E.  H.  Parker  be  appointed  to  give  a  biographical 
sketch  of  the  late  Dr.  Josiah  Bartlett.  Resolved — 

That  the  Secretary  be  directed  to  transmit  a  copy  of  the 
above  to  the  family  of  Dr.  Bartlett. 

J.  S.  Fernald,  For  the  Committee. 
June  1,  1853. 

On    motion    of    Dr.    Stone —  Resolved — 

That  the  Secretary  of  this  Society  furnish  annually  to  the 
Compiler  of  the  N.  H.  Register  a  complete  list  of  its  Fel- 
lows, with  their  places  of  residence,  and  request  him  to 
insert  it  in  a  seperate  form  from  all  other  practitioners. 

The  following  resolutions  were  offered  by  Dr.  Parker 
and  after  discussion  laid  upon  the  Table. 

Resolved — 

That  hereafter  the  expenses  of  no  member  shall  be  paid 


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from  the  general  fund  of  the  Society,  except  the  annual 
dinner. 

Resolved — 

That  the  Society  will  publish  the  transactions  of  its 
next  annual  meeting  for  the  use  of  its  members  and  for 
gratuitous  distribution. 

The  following  communication  from  the  Pastoral  Conven- 
tion of  Congregational  &  Presbyterian  Ministers  received 
at  a  late  hour  last  year  and  referred  to  the  present  meeting, 
was  read,  and 
On  motion  of  Dr.  Abbott —  Accepted. 

"  To  the  Medical  Society  of  New  Hampshire. 

"  The  Pastoral  Convention  of  Congregational  and 
Presbyterian  Ministers  convened  this  day  in  Concord, 
cordially  respond  to  the  communication  received  from  your 
body. 

"  The  relations  we  hold  to  community  are  most  important 
and  the  two  professions  should  be  mutual  helpers  of  each 
other. 

"  The  physician  feels  a  deep  anxiety  for  the  life  and 
health  of  the  patient,  and  so  should  the  minister;  and  no 
interference  on  the  part  of  the  latter  should  be  allowed  to 
encroach  upon  the  professional  duties  of  the  former. 

"Yet  as  ministers  of  the  Gospel  of  Christ,  we  feel  that 
we  have  tender  and  solemn  relations  to  the  sick  of  fami- 
lies under  our  pastoral  care,  which  involve  interests 
higher  and  more  important  than  any  which  relate  to  this 
life  only —  therefore 

— Resolved 

"That  we  cordially  reciprocate  the  kind  feelings  ex- 
pressed in  the  communication  received  from  the  Medical 
Society,  and  while  we  would  cordially  respect  the  rights 
of  physicians,  we  earnestly  desire  their  cooperation  with  us 
in  our  arduous  and  often  difficult  duties." 
A  true  copy 

N.  Bouton 

Clerk  of  Convention — 
Concord  June  2^  1852. 


Records  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society     409 

Reports  from  Corresponding  Secretaries  received  from 
Dr.  L.  G.  Hill,  on  Diseases  &  Treatment  in  Strafford  Dis- 
trict.     From   Dr.  W.  W.   Brown  on   quinine  in  typhoid 
fever. 
On  motion  of  Dr.  Parker  Resolved 

•That  a  committee  of  five  be  appointed  by  the  chair  to 
petition  the  Legislature  to  enact  a  law  providing  for  farther 
facilities  in  obtaining  material  for  pursuing  practical 
anatomy,  similar  to  that  which  is  now  on  the  Statute  book 
of  Massachusettts. 

Committee    appointed — Drs.    Parker,    Hubbard,    Straw, 
Eastman,  Bacheller. 

The  following  were 
appointed  chairmen  of  Committees  to  examine  patients 
1.  Dr.  Hammond—  2.  Dr.  Knight—  3.  Dr.  C.  F.  Elliott. 

Adjourned 
E.  K.  Webster,  Secretary 


APPENDIX 

A  LIST 

of  all  the  associates  of  the  Western  District  of  the   Newhampshire  Medical   Society,  with  the  time 
of  their  admission  and  their  qualifications  of  admission. 


Date 


Name 

Residence 

Qualification 

William  Page 

Charlestown 

Fellows  of  the 

John  Rogers 

Plymouth 

N.H.Med  Soc 

George  Sparkaws 

Walpole 

resident  with 

Thomas  Russell 

in  the  limits 

Moses  Nichols 

Amherst 

of  the  Western 

Nathan  Smith 

Cornish 

District,  when 

Calvin  Frink 

Swansey 

that  District 

Thomas  Sterne 

Claremont 

Society  was  formed 

A  LIST 

of  all  the  associates  who  have  been  admitted  to  the  Center  District  of  the  Newhampshire  Medical 
Society,  with  the  time  of  their  admission  and  qualifications  of  admissions. 


Date 

Name 

Residence 

Qualifications 

1807 

Matthias  Spalding 

Amherst 

Joseph  Bartlett 

Salisbury 

Thomas  Eaton 

Weare 

Jacob  B.  Moore 

New  Andover 

Adonijah  Howe 

Francistown 

Zadoc  Howe 

Concord 

Roger  Smith 

Mount  Vernon 

Luke  Lincoln 

New  Boston 

Timothy  Tilton 

Bridgewater 

Dan  Hough 

Eeene 

Jonathan  Kittredge 

Canterbury 

John  Preston,  Jr. 

New  Ipswich 

Amasa  Kelhs 

Chichester 

Samuel  Gerrish 

Sanbornton 

Benoni  Cutler 

Hollis 

Alex'  T.  Clark 

Northfield 

Asa  Crosby 

Sandwich 

James  Crombie 

Temple 

1808 

Samuel  Curtis 

Amherst 

Wilson  Shaw 

Unity 

James  Stark 

Hopkinton 

Abel  Goodrich 

Merrimac 

Abel  Blanchard 

Pembroke 

1809 

Benjamin  Jones 

Lyndesborough 

Job  Wilson 

Salisbury 

1810 

Robert  Barclay 

Londonderry 

George  Farrar 

Londonderry 

M.  B. 

412     Records  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society 

A  LIST 

of  all  the  Associates  of  the  Eastern  District  of  the  New  hampshire  Medical  Society,  with  the  time  of 
their  admission  and  their  qualifications  of  admission. 


Date 


1792 


1793 
1794 


1795 

1797 
1800 
1801 


1803 


1804 


Name 
Joshua  Brackett 
A.  R.  Cutter 
Hall  Jackson 
Nath'  Peabody 
Mosea  Carr 
James  Brackett 
John  Jackson 
Ezra  Green 
Ebenezer  Rockwood 
William  Cogswell 
Kendall  Osgood 
William  Parker 
Samuel  Tenney 
Benjamin  Page 
Isaac  Thom 
Levi  Bartlett 
John  Preston 
Thomas  S.  Ranney 
Amos  Gale 
Thomas  Sargent 
Nath'  Kidder 
Joseph  Tilton 
Peter  Green 
Philip  Carrigain 
Jonathan  Gove 
James  Howe 
John  Bond 
Jacob  Kittredge 
Joseph  Bartlett 
Benjamin  Jones 
Josiah  Bartlett,  Jr. 
John  Fogg 
Benjamin  Rowe 
Joseph  Shepherd 
Ezra  Bartlett 
Amos  Gale,  Jr. 
Wilham  Cutter 
Nathan  Bachelor 
Samuel  Foster 
Thomas  Adams 
Ebenezer  Lerned 
Edmond  Chadwick 
Daniel  Call 
Seth  Fogg 
Jedediah  Ingalls 
Lyman  Spalding 
Samuel  Morril 
Joshua  Brackett 
Benjamin  Kelley 
Jonathan  Kittredge 


Residence 

Qualifications 

Portsmouth 

Fellows  of  the  N.H. 

do. 

Medical  Society 

do. 

regident  within 

Exeter 

the  limits 

Somersworth 

of  the  Eastern 

Lee 

District 

Portsmouth 

when  that 

Dover 

District 

Wilton 

Society 

Atkinson 

was  formed 

Peterborough 

Exeter 

do. 

do. 

Londonderry 

Kingston 

New  Ipswich 

Brentwood 

Kingston 

Chester 

New  Market 

Exeter 

Concord 

do. 

Goffstown 

Rochester 

Hampstead 

Dover 

Salisbury 

Lyndesborough 

Stratham 

Commenced 

Northampton 

business  for 

Kensington 

himself  prior 

to  AD  1794 

Warren 

do. 

Kingston 

do. 

Portsmouth 

do. 

Epping 

do. 

Candia 

do. 

Pembroke 

•  do. 

Hopkinton 

do. 

Deerfield 

do. 

Meredith 

Deerfield 

Durham 

Exd  by  N.H.Med.Soc. 

Portsmouth 

M.B. 

Epsom 

Exd  by  N.H.  Med.  Soc. 

Portsmouth 

do. 

Gilmanton 

Canterbury 

Records  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society     413 


Date 

Name 

Residence 

Qualifications 

1804 

William  Guy 
Thomas  Webster 

Lee 
Warren 

1806 

Jacob  Main 

Dover 

Ex'i  by  N.  H.  Med. 

See. 

James  H.  Pierrepont 

Portsmouth 

do. 

1807 

Joseph  Goodhue 

Fort  Constitution 

M.  B. 

" 

Josiah  Dwight 

Portsmouth 

E.xd  by  N.  H.  Med. 

Soc. 

1808 

George  Farrar 

Londonderry 

M.  B. 

1809 

Jonathan  Greely 

Dover 

ExJ  by  N.  H.  Med 

Soc. 

" 

Josiah  Lane 

Dover 

do. 

" 

Asa  Crosby 

Sandwich 

Before  1794 

" 

Israel  Gale    ' 

Kingston 

E.x<i  by  N.  H.  Med 

Soc. 

Robert  Berkley 

Londonderry 

Before  1794 

of  all  the  Candidates  for  the  practice  of 
of  the  Newhampshire  Medical  Society 


Name 

Examined 

Joshua  G.  Symmes 

Feby 

18, 1794 

Richd  Hazeltine 

March 

6, 1794 

Jedediah  Ingalls 

May 

5,  1797 

Jon^  Sibley 

Jan>' 

9,  1799 

Jabez  Dow 

Jan" 

15,1799 

Josh"  Brackett 

Dec- 

25, 1800 

Sam'  Morril 

July 

15,1801 

W"".  Person 

Augt 

26, 1801 

Silas  Brown 

Aug' 

26,  1801 

Josiah  Lane 

March 

2,  1802 

Mr.  Frost 

Jacob  Main 

Dec 

19, 1803 

Jon"  French 

Oct. 

7, 1802 

Israel  Gale 

June 

29,  1803 

William  Gordon 

Dec 

14,  1804 

Jonathan  Greeley 

Augt. 

14, 1805 

Josiah  Dwight 

Oct. 

15, 1805 

James  H.  Pierrepont  Oct. 

15, 1805 

A.  A.  Dame 

Jany 

10,  1806 

Nathaniel  Rowell 

June 

4, 1807 

Moses  Clement 

June 

4,1807 

Joseph  Eastman 

June 

2,  1808 

John  French 

May 

29,1810 

Thomas  Whipple 

July 

21  1810 

Peter  Bartlett 

June 

6, 1810 

Moses  Long,  Jr. 

June 

6, 1810 

John  Carr 

Octo-- 

2,1811 

Ehjah  Rowell 

Jany 

30, 1812 

Henry  Sargent 

Jany 

30,1812 

William  Graves 

Feby 

20, 1812 

James  Odell,  Jr. 

May 

9,1812 

A  LIST 

Physick  and  Surgery,  who  have  been  examined  by  the  Censors 
and  received  regular  letters  testimonial. 

Censor''  Theses 

Certificate  filed  and 

^  .        ,  .      ,  recorded  letters 

Censors  by  whom  examined 


H.  Jactson,  L.  Bartlett 

J.  Gove,  K.  Osgood 

H.  Jackson,  A.R.  Cutter,  J .  Jackson 

A.  R.  Cutter,  J.  Jackson 

X.  R.  Cutter,  J.  Jackson 

L.  Bartlett,  J.  Bartlett 

J.  JacL^on,  J.  Bartlett 

W.  Cutter,  J.  Bartlett 

W.  Cutter,  J.  Bartlett 

J.  Bartlett,  W.  Cutter 

J.  Bartlett,  W.  Cutter 
J.  Bartlett,  W.  Cutter,  J.  Fogg 
J.  Bartlett,  W.  Cutter,  J.  Fogg 
W.  Cutter,  L.  Spalding 
W.  Cutter,  L.  Spalding 
Cutter,  Spalding,  Fogg 
Cutter,  Spalding,  Fogg 
W.  Cutter,  L.  Spalding 
Green,  Lerned,  Nichols 
Green,  Lerned,  Nichols 
Smith  &  Lerned 
Cutter  &  L.  Spalding 
Cutter  &  L.  Spalding 
M.  Spalding  &  Lerned 
Lerned  &  M.  Spalding 
Lerned  &  Morril 
Lerned  &  Morril 
Lerned  &  Morril 
Peirrepont  &  Cutter 
Cutter  &  Peirrepont 


in 

testi- 

vol.1. 

page 

monial 
issued 

47 

Feby, 

1794 

48 

55 

May 

17, 1797 

55 

Jany, 

1799 

56 

56 

Jany, 

1801 

56 

July, 

1801 

64 

Aug', 

1801 

64 

Aug', 

1801 

64 

March 

1802 
1802 

65 

Jany, 

1804 

76 

1805 

75 

1804 

103 

1804 

1805 


84 

1806 

96 

1807 

96 

1807 

103 

117 

1810 

118 

1810 

118 

1810 

119 

1810 

127 

1812 

127 

1812 

128 

128 

129 

1812 

414     Records  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society 


Censors 

Theses 

Certificate  filed  and 

Name 

Eiamined           Censors  by  ir/iom  examined 

recorded 
in 

letters 
testi- 

vol. 1 ,  page 

monial 
issued 

Thomas  Shannon 

Octr 

29, 1812  A.  Crosby  &  S.  MorrU 

132 

1812 

James  Noiris 

Oct' 

29,  1812  A.  Crosby  &  S.  MorrU 

133 

1812 

Silas  Merrill 

Oct' 

29, 1812  A.  Crosby  &  S.  Morril 

133 

1812 

Joseph  M.  Harper 

Jan. 

17,1813  Lerned,  Spalding  &  Morril 

134 

Andrew  T.  Wiggin 

Apl 

19, 1813  Brackett  &  Fogg 

141 

John  Morrison 

Apl 

29, 1814  S.  Fogg  &  S.  Morril 

142 

Jon^  H.Shaw 

June 

2, 1813  Lerned.  Spalding  &  Morril 

142 

Eben'  Dearborn 

Jan. 

3,  1815  S.  Fogg  &  S.  Morril 

143 

Nath'  Henchman 

June 

8, 1815  Lerned  &  Morril 

143 

Alex'  Boyd 

June 

7,1815  Lerned  &  Morril 

144 

Jonathan  Woodbury  Oef 

20, 1815  S.  Fogg  &  S.  Morril 

144 

Asa  Perkins 

Oct' 

20,1815  S.  Fogg  &S.  Morril 

J55 

William  Sweatt 

Feb. 

27,1816  S.  Fogg  &  L.Morrill 

156 

Charles  Herbert,  Jr. 

Nov. 

29, 1815  Lerned  &  S.  Morrill 

156 

Da%'id  T.  Libbey 

June 

6, 1816  Lerned  &  S.  MorriU 

157 

Isaac  Wallace 

Jan. 

27,1813  Lerned,  Spalding  &  Morril 

157 

Josiah  Kittredge 

July 

24,1816  Spalding  &  Crombie 

158 

Levi  Merrill 

Jan. 

29, 1817  Lerned  &  S.  Morril 

158 

John  B:  Elliot 

Feb. 

13,1817  A.  Crosby  &  Pray 

169 

John  Wallace 

Oct. 

1,1816  M.  Spalding  &  Crombie 

170 

Joseph  Hammonds 

Nov. 

13, 1816  Crosby  &  Pray 

170 

Hezekiah  J.  Crocket 

June 

2,1817  Crosby  &  Pray 

171 

John  McCrillis 

Nov. 

13,1816  Crosby  &  Pray 

171 

Peter  P.  Woodbm-y 

Oct. 

1,1816  Spalding  &  Crombie 

179 

WilMam  Trafton 

Dec. 

23,1817  Mussey  &  Bachelder 

179 

Aaron  Pierce 

Dec. 

23, 1817  Mussey  &  Bachelder 

180 

David  A.  Grosvenor 

Dec. 

23, 1817  Mussey  &  Bachelder 

180 

George  Odell 

Apl. 

10, 1818  Pierrepont  &  Ingalls 

181 

Joseph  Fifield 

.Apl. 

10, 1818  Pierrepont  &  Ingalls 

181 

John  Campbell 

Apl. 

22,1817  Spalding  &  Crombie 

181 

Joseph  Boynton 

May 

30,  1818  Spalding  &  Adams 

182 

Abner  Johnson 

June 

4, 1818  Lerned  &  S.  Morrill 

182 

Sam'  Sawyer 

June 

4,1818  Lerned  &  S.  Morrill 

183 

W"  A.  Staples 

Oct. 

20, 1818  Pierrepont  <fc  Ingalls 

183 

James  Farrington 

July 

21,1818  Crosby  &  Pray 

184 

Walter  L.  Wardrobe 

June 

5, 1817  Lerned  &  Morrill 

184 

Stephen  Drew 

July 

21st,  1818  Crosby  &Pary 

194 

Peter  Manning 

Feb'y 

lO'i',  1818  Spalding  &  Adams 

197 

Sam'  Huston 

June 

2"'!,  1819  Morril  &  Bond 

197 

John  Chandler 

June 

3rd,  1819  Morril  &  Bond 

198 

Joseph  Greely 

July 

20"",  1812  Fogg  &  Brackett 

198 

Jonathan  S.  Millett 

Sept. 

16,1819  Morril  &  Bond 

219 

Amos  Osgood 

"    "      Morril  &  Bond 

219 

Ira  Towle 

" 

"    "      Morril  &  Bond 

220 

Isaac  Stearns 

"     "      Morril  &  Bond 

221 

Jeremiah  Chandler 

" 

"     "      Morril  &  Bond 

221 

Wilham  Sweat 

Oct. 

6,     "      Morril  &  Bond 

222 

John  L.  Sargent 

May 

2, 1820  Crosby  &  MorrU 

222 

Nathan'  Weeks 

"    "      Crosby  &  MorrU 

223 

Thomas  H.Merrill 

Nov. 

13,1816  Crosby  &  Pray 

78 

Peter  Tuttle 

Feb. 

11,1817  Spalding  &  Crombie 

223 

Jonas  Hutchinson 

Feb. 

8,1819  Spalding  & -Warns 

224 

Records  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society     415 


Censors 

Certificate 

recorded 

Names 

Examined               Censors  by  whom  examined 

in 

vol.  1,  page 

Jabez  B.  Priest 

Feb. 

8, 1819  Spalding  &  Adams 

224 

James  Varnum 

June 

8, 1820  Lerned  &  Morril 

225 

Abner  Bliss 

May 

18,1820  Mussey  &  Bachelder 

225 

Eben  Carpenter 

May 

18, 1820  Mussey&  Bachelder 

226 

Isaac  Baker 

May 

18,1820  Mussey  &  Bachelder 

226 

John  B.  McGregory  June 

4. 1820  Mussey  &  Bachelder 

227 

Joseph  Dalton 

Nov. 

2'>d,  1820  Jed.  Ingalls  &  Dwight 

227 

Amasa  Kellogg 

Oct. 

Htb,  1820  Bachelder  &  Adams 

243 

James  W.  Perkins 

Oct. 

9«i>,  1820  Spalding  &  Adams 

244 

George  Wilkins 

Oct. 

9'h,  1820  Spalding  &  Adams 

244 

John  D.  Fogg 

Nov. 

2'"i,  1820  Ingalls  &  Dwight 

245 

John  T.  Sanborn 

April 

17"=.  1821  Crosby  &  Prescott 

245 

Nathan  Sanborn 

Jan. 

31=*-,  1821  Lerned  &  Morril 

258 

Joseph  Foord 

July 

12">,  1821  Mussey  &  Dana 

259 

Ezra  Nichols 

Sept. 

6"',  1821  Dwight  &  Ingalls 

259 

Abraham  S.  Bradley  Aug. 

4,  1821  Dwight  &  Ingalls 

260 

Stephen  Cole 

Aug. 

20,  1821  Bachelder  &  Adams 

260 

William  E.  Langdon 

Dec. 

18,  1822  Dwight  &  Ingalls 

261 

Antonio  Knight 

Jan. 

22,  1822  Dwight  &  Ingalls 

261 

Isaiah  Lane 

Dec. 

7,  1822  Mussey  &  Oliver 

270 

Thomas  Lindsay,  Jr 

.  Feb. 

15, 1823  Farrington  &  Hammons 

Isaac  Hatch 

June 

3,1822  Bachelder  &  Adanas 

271 

Lyman  Brooks 

"    Bachelder  &  Adams 

" 

Ephraim  Adams 

Dec. 

19"',  1822  Mussey  &  Oliver 

272 

Sam>  Richardson 

Oct. 

9,  1820  Spalding  &  Adams 

" 

Jeremiah  Stickney 

" 

3,  1820  Spalding  &  .4.dams 

273 

Israel  Burnham 

" 

2,     "    Spalding  &  .^dama 

" 

Ira  Weston 

Jan. 

13,  1823  Adams  &  Ramsay 

274 

Joseph  B.  Eastman 

Jan. 

S'h,  1825  Chadbourn  &  Crosby 

309 

George  W.  Gale 

Jun. 

29, 1826  Chadbourn  &  Crosby 

321 

Sam'  W.  Dow 

Jan. 

19, 1827  Dow  &  Farrington 

331 

John  Hopkins 

Dec. 

3"i,  1827  Mussey  &  Oliver 

John  Clough 

June 

S,  1827  Oliver  &  Tewksbury 

348 

Charles  W.  Whitney  May 

8,  1828  Gregg  &  Webber 

367 

Thomas  W.  Wilson 

July 

4,1831  Enos  Hoyt  &  J.  Carr 

391 

Otis  French 

June 

4, 1833  P.  Bartlett  &  D.  Crosby 

401 

Otis  Hoyt 

Jan. 

15,  1834  P.  Bartlett  &  D.  Crosby 

402 

Elijah  Blaisdell 

June 

3,  1834  Crosby,  Livy  &  Drew 

409 

Ephraim  S.  Frost 

May 

7, 1823  Twitchel  &  Adams 

415 

James  F.Sargent 

Feb. 

26,  1836  Gregg  &  Bartlett 

" 

Jeremiah  F.  Hall 

Oct. 

21,  1836  Abbott  &  Page 

428 

Ehphalet  K.Webster  June 

21,1837  Abbott  &  Page 

441 

Levi  G.  Hill 

July 

7,  1837  .Abbott  &  Page 

442 

Jacob  C.  Hanson 

Sept. 

13,1837  Abbott  &  Page 

442 
Vol.2 

Edward  Buxton 

June, 

1838  Abbott  &  Page 

1 

WiUiamH.  Smart 

April, 

1839  M.Hill  and  Tenney 

15 

Charles  G.Safford 

June, 

1839  M.Hill  and  Tenney 

16 

James  A.  Tilton 

June, 

1839  M.  Hill  and  Tenney 

" 

JohnM.Fitz 

June, 

1864  A.  B.  Crosby  &  C.  B.  Willis 

INDEX. 


Abbott,  Dr.  James  B.,  225,  235,  245,  246,  251,  256,  260,  261,  265,  271, 
272,  273,  275,  277,  278,  281,  282,  285,  286,  288, 
289,  283,  294,  296,  297,  298,  299,  300,  301,  305, 
310,  311,  315,  317,  318,  319,  320,  322,  324,  325, 
328,  329,  331,  340,  341,  342,  346,  347,  349,  350, 
355,  360,  363,  364,  365,  368,  373,  374,  377,  382, 
383,  387,  392,  393,  395,  396,  399,  408. 

Abell,  Dr.  Truman,  149,  161,  163,  198,  214,  222,  247,  256,  260,  262, 
265,  266,  268,  277,  285,  324. 

Adams,  Dr.,  320,  321. 

Adams,  Dr.  Charles  G.,  149,  151,  158,  163,  169,  172,  175,  179,  180,  189, 
214,  222,  269,  392. 

Adams,  Dr.  Daniel,  78,  84,  100,  101,  102,  112,  115,  116,  120,  123,  125, 
126,  130,  131,  13.3,  136,  1.37,  141,  145,  146,  151, 
158,  159,  163,  172,  176,  177,  179,  180,  189,  198, 
205,  214,  219,  222,  223,  229,  231,  232,  237,  238, 
239,  256,  262,  287,  307,  310,  325,  329. 

Adams,  Dr.  Ephraim,  175. 

Adams,  Dr.  Thomas,  38. 

Adams,  Dr.  Wilham  (Willard?),  345,  347. 

Alcoholics,  resolution,  217,  275. 

American  Medical  Association,  report  of  delegates,  399. 

Angel,  Dr.  Leland  H.,  380. 

Atler,  Dr.  W.  L.,  401. 

Austin,  Dr.  Oliver  W.,  259,  260. 

Ayer,  Dr.  Otis,  388. 

Bachelder,  Dr.  Calvin,  225. 

Bachelder,  Dr.  John  P.,  107,  108,  115,  119,  129,  133,  146,  147,  148,  151, 
152,  153,  158,  161,  163,  166,  169,  175. 

Bachelder,  Dr.  John  T.,  104,  123. 

Bachelder,  Dr.  Nathan,  128,  132. 

Bachelder  (See  Batchelder). 

Babb,  Dr.  James,  355,  360. 

Bailey,  Dr.,  198. 

Baker,  Dr.  Isaac,  147. 

Baker,  Dr.  John  W.  H.,  398,  399,  405. 

Barber,  Dr.  William,  149. 

Bard,  Dr.  Simeon  I.,  187. 

Barker,  Dr.  Lemuel  M.,  202,  203. 


418  Index 

Barr,  Dr.  James,  180. 

Barron,  Dr.  Putnam,  234. 

Bartlett,  Dr.,  84,  86,  103,  140,  212,  221,  238,  245,  251,  255,  266,  267, 

302,  312,  326,  346,  356,  391;  392. 
Bartlett,  Dr.  Albert,  301. 

Bartlett,  Dr.  Ezra,  38,  66,  72,  77,  78,  95,  151,  160,  172,  360,  361,  362, 
365,  366,  367,  368,  369,  370,  372,  373,  375,  377,  382, 
383,  389. 
Bartlett,  Dr.  Josiah,  3,  7,  9,  23,  26,  27,  28,  31,  35,  36,  39,  40,  41,  42,  43, 
44,  46,  48,  51,  52,  53,  54,  55,  56,  57,  59,  60,  65,  66, 
67,  71,  72,  75,  76,  77,  82,  84,  89,  92,  93,  94,  95,  98, 
99,  107,  108,  109,  110,  112,  114,  115,  122,  123,  124, 
126,  128,  131,  133,  141,  148,  151,  156, 157, 161, 164, 
165,  172,  179,  180,  187. 
bequest  of,  314. 
obituarj',  407. 
Bartlett,  Dr.  Josiah,  201,  203,  293,  295,  296,  297,  298,  302,  305,  310, 
315,  316,  318,  319,  322,  323,  325,  329,  331,  336, 
337,  341,  342,  343,  349,  354,  355,  357,  358,  359, 
360,  362,  365,  367,  368,  371,  373,  374,  376,  377,  378, 
381,  382,  383,  386,  387,  389,  390,  394,  395,  402,  403. 
Bartlett,  Dr.  Levi,   8,  9,  26,  27,  28,  29,  30,  31,  33,  34,  35,  36,  37,  38,  39, 
40,  41,  44,  45,  46,  47,  48,  50,  51,  52,  53,  54,  64,  66, 
154. 
Bartlett,  Dr.  Levi  S.,  300,  301. 

Bartlett,  Dr.  Peter,    80,  117,  123,  127,  148,  151,  152,  161,  170,  178,  187, 
189,  193,  194,  195,  198,  200,  201,  203,  206,  213, 
214,  222,  234,  254,  256,  258,  268,  269. 
Bartley,  Dr.  Robert,  99,  107,  108,  110,  111,  122,  131,  139,  148. 
Bassett,  Dr.  Thomas,  201,  203,  281,  282,  284,  287,  298,  301,  305,  346, 

348,  349,  350,  355,  357,  360. 
Barton,  Dr.  Benjamin  S.,  78. 
Batchelder,  Dr.  Daniel  P.,  341. 

Batchelder  (Bachelder),  Dr.,  151,  164,  259,  260,  268,  272,  274,  293,  295, 
301,  307,  310,  311,  312,  320,  321,  324,  325, 
330,  335,  338,  339,  340,  346,  350,  409. 
Batchelder,  Dr.  James,    151,  187,  228,  265,  271,  273,  283,  286,  294,  298, 
299,  304,  305,  315,  317,  318,  319,  322,  327,  329, 
331,  336,  337,  342,  343,  349,  355,  357,  359,  360, 
363,  371,  377,  381,  382,  384,  386,  387,  389,  390, 
393,  395,  405. 
Batchelder,  Dr.  J.  G.,  360,  373. 
Bean,  Dr.  Luther  C,  388,  405. 
Beck,  J.  B.,  234. 

Bell,  Dr.  Luther  V.,  265,  266,  271,  272,  273,  274,  275,  320,  384. 
Berkley,  Dr.  Robert,  73,  77,  82. 


Index  419 

Berr>',  Dr.  Charles  T.,  330,  332,  335,  346,  349. 

Bigelow,  Dr.  Jacob,  227. 

Blaisdell,  Dr.  Elijah,  264,  270,  271,  301,  309,  390. 

Blake,  Dr.  Jeremiah,  258,  260,  265,  266,  270,  388,  389,  390,  393,  394,  395. 

Blanchard,  Dr.  Abel,  115. 

Bliss,  Dr.  Abner,  146. 

Bond,  Dr.  John,    128,  130,  131,  132,  133,  136,  137,  139,  140,  141,  142, 

143,  144,  151. 
Bond,  Dr.  Henry,  27. 
Bouton,  Rev.  Dr.  N.,  398,  408. 
Boyd,  Dr.  .\lexander,  98,  141,  148,  170,  231,  240. 

Boyden,  Dr.  Frederick,  338,  341,  360,  363,  367,  371,  383,  389,  394,  405. 
Boyden,  Dr.,  107,  120,  122,  148,  151. 
Boyden,  Dr.  Joseph,  205. 
Brackett,  Dr.  Anson,  249,  252. 
Brackett,  Dr.  James,  3. 

Brackett,  Dr.  Joshua,  3,  7,  23,  24,  25,  27,  31,  32,  35,  36,  37,  38,  41,  44, 
53,  54,  56,  57. 

biographical  notice,  61. 
Brackett,  Dr.  Joshua,  64,  65,  66,  71,  83,  84,  86,  88,  90,  93,  94,  96,  98, 

99,  100,  101,  102,  103,  131,  173. 
Brackett,  Mrs.  (Miss  Hannah  Whipple),  62,  63. 
Bradley,  Dr.  Abraham  S.,  168. 
Bradley,  Dr.  Oscar  H.,  398,  399. 
Brooks,  Dr.  Lyman,  175. 
Bro\\m,  Dr.,  282,  339,  344,  399,  403. 
Brown,  Dr.  Silas,  42. 
Brown,  Dr.  Stephen,  388. 

Brown,  Dr.  Thomas,   278,  281,  325,  327,  331,  332,  340,  341,  343,  345, 
346,  347,  349,  355,  357,  360,  367,  368,  372,  376. 

obituary,  385. 
Brown,  Dr.  William  W.,   270,  271,  311,  312,  315,  322,  325,  328,  330, 
331,  332,  337,  343,  387,  390,  395,  405,  409. 
Buck,  Dr.  Reuben,  263,  283. 
Buck,  Dr.  WilUam  D.,  324,  326,  331,  339,  340,  342,  344,  345,  350. 

Burnett,  Dr.  Waldo  J.,  400. 

Bumham,  Dr.  Israel  (W.),    177,  311,  312,  320,  322,  325,  328,  331,  340, 

343. 
Bums,  Dr.  229,  245. 
Burns,  Dr.  Robert,  187,  310. 
Burns,  Dr.  William,  180,  205. 
Buswell,  Dr.  Caleb,  180,  187. 
Buxton,  Dr.  Edward,  293. 
Campbell,  Dr.  H.  F.,  400. 
Campbell,  Dr.  John,  120. 


420  Index 

Campbell,  Dr.  W.  J.,  345,  347,  350,  355,  357,  361,  363,  377. 

Candie,  Dr.  D.  Francis,  400. 

Carlton,  Dr.  Edmund,  72,  77,  108. 

Carpenter,  Dr.  Eber,  146,  259,  260,  264. 

Carpenter,  Dr.  Harvey,  259,  260,  264. 

Carr,  Dr.,  320,  363,  393. 

Carr,  Dr.  Alonzo  F.,  311,  312,  332,  337,  340,  341,  344,  346,  348,  355, 
357,  361,  362,  367,  371,  377,  382,  383,  395,  405. 

Carr,  Dr.  John,  86,  112,  115,  122,  129,  148,  161,  178,  195,  203,  221,  224, 
227,  229,  238,  240,  245,  246,  248,  249,  251,  256,  258, 
260,  261,  265,  266,  270,  271,  274,  281,  282,  284,  285, 
294,  295,  298,  305,  309,  311,  313,  316,  332,  340,  346,  347, 
350,  355,  356,  361,  367,  368,  373,  374,  389,  396. 

Carr,  Dr.  Moses,  3. 

Carrigain,  Dr.  Phillip,  8,  9,  26,  28,  33,  37,  71. 

Carroll  County  Medical  Society,  chartered,  368. 

Carter,  Dr.  David,  117,  140. 

Carter,  Dr.  Ezra,  202,  203,  234,  278,  294,  301,  310,  311,  315,  317,  320, 
322,  331,  336,  338,  339,  340,  346,  355,  360,  364,  366, 
367,  368,  369,  370,  372,  373,  376,  379,  381,  382,  386, 
389,  393,  394,  396,  397,  399,  403. 

Carter,  Dr.  Moses,  367,  368. 

Cavis,  Capt.  S.,  278. 

Center  District  Medical  Society,  chartered,  58. 

Chadbourne,  Dr.  Thomas,  117,  122,  123,  126,  127,  129,  131,  132,  133, 
139,  140,  148,  151,  152,  155,  161,  163,  164, 
166,  170,  172,  173,  177,  179,  180,  186,  187, 
188,  189,  190,  191,  193,  195,  197,  198,  199, 
201,  203,  205,  206,  210,  211,  215,  219,  227, 
234,  235,  238,  239,  245,  247,  248,  251,  252, 
254,  256,  260,  261,  262,  263,  265,  268,  270, 
271,  272,  275,  276,  277,  278,  281,  285,  287, 
294,  297,  301,  302,  305,  309,  310,  312,  325, 
331,  340,  346,  348,  349,  350,  355,  356,  360, 
365,  368,  370,  373,  375,  378,  398,  403. 
resignation  from  the  N.  H.  M.  S.,  207,  227,  228. 

Chadwick,  Dr.  Edmund,  45,  52,  53,  54,  55,  57,  71,  82,  92,  94,  95,  107,  127. 

Chandler,  Dr.,  196. 

Chandler,  Dr.  George,  338,  341,  366,  368. 

Chandler,  Dr.  Jeremiah,  143. 

Chandler,  Dr.  John,  130. 

Channing,  Dr.  W.,  295. 

Chapman,  Dr.  Jedediah,  107,  115. 

Chase,  Dr.  Charles,  265,  266. 

Chase,  Dr.  Heber,  293,  297. 


Index  421 

Chase,  Dr.  Warren  E.,  311,  312,  313,  320,  321,  323,  325,  326,  340,  342 
393. 

obituary,  396. 
Chatman,  Dr.,  193. 
Cheaver,  Dr.  Charles  A.,  198. 
Cilley,  Dr.,  202,  203. 
Clark,  Dr.,  330. 

Clark,  Dr.  Alexander  T.,  104,  107,  110,  114. 
Clark,  Dr.  James,  122. 
Clark,  Dr.  Jolin,  198. 
Clark,  Dr.  Moses,  338,  341. 
Clement,  Dr.  Moses,  65. 
Clough,  Dr.  John,  218,  249,  252,  380,  382,  389,   392,   295,   398,  404, 

405,  406. 
Cochran,  Dr.  Thomas,  330,  332. 
CogsweU,  Dr.  William,  3,  7,  27,  108,  127,  285. 
Cogswell,  Rev.  Dr.,  296,  347. 
Colburn,  Dr.,  346. 
Colburn,  Dr.  E.,  339,  341. 
Colbom-ne,  Dr.  Simeon  D.,  259,  264. 

Colburn,  Dr.  Zaccheus,  324,  325,  326,  332,  335,  336,  340,  343,  349. 
Colby,  Dr.,  195,  245,  246,  256,  260,  262,  265,  268,  278,  281,  282,  284,  325. 
Colby,  Dr.  Elijah,  203,  212,  229,  232,  235,  2.38,  240,  246,  251,  271,  272, 

273,  279,  280,  281,  284,  286. 
Colby,  Dr.  Isaac,  162,  170,  172,  178,  180,  181,  187,  188,  193,  212,  213, 

221,  222,  228,  229,  231,  232,  234,  235,  238,  239,  312, 
322,  326,  327,  328,  .329,  336. 

Colby,  Dr.  Moses,  187,  206,  263,  283. 

Cole,  Dr.  Stephen,  169,  201,  212,  213. 

Conflict,  Dr.  Lewis,  310. 

Cone,  Dr.  John  R.,  78. 

Congregational  Journal,  charges  against  the  N.  H.  M.  S.,  338,  341, 
342,  344. 

Cook,  Rev.  Amos  J.,  253. 

Corbet t.  Dr.,  306,  320. 

Courser,  Phebe,  225. 

Cowan,  Dr.  James  W.,  318,  320,  339,  340,  342,  349,  355,  357,  363. 

Crockett,  Dr.  Hezekiah,  J.,  114. 

Crombie,  Dr.  James,  104,  106,  107,  108,  110,  111,  113,  117,  118,  120, 
145,  171,  318,  320,  325,  332,  340,  374,  405. 

Crosby,  Dr.,  108,  116,  140,  152,  154,  195,  203,  219,  260,  272,  275,  295, 
296,  301,  307,  317,  375,  397, 

Crosby,  Dr.  Asa,  72,  77,  82,  84,  85,  90,  91,  92,  93,  94,  95,  100,  107,  113, 
114,  115,  118,  122,  123,  126,  128,  133,  144,  148,  151, 
157,  160,  161,  163,  165,  166,  170,  172,  177,  179,  180, 
186,  187,  188,  189,  193,  195,  198,  199,  203,  212,  214, 

222,  234,  235,  251,  252,  257,  263,  273,  285,  296. 


422  Index 

Crosby,  Dr.  Dixi,  202,  213,  234,  240,  245,  251,  254,  255,  256,  258,  260, 
262,  263,  264,  266,  271,  272,  273,  277,  281,  282,  287, 
294,  297,  298,  299,  302,  305,  306,  310,  311,  312,  315, 
318,  320,  322,  324,  328,  329,  337,  342,  343,  349,  354, 
355,  368,  372,  373,  375,  378,  379,  381,  382,  386,  387, 
389,  391,  392,  395,  403. 
Crosby,  Dr.  Hugh  J.,  203. 

Crosby,  Dr.  Josiah,  117,  122,  123,  131,  132,  136,  137,  141,  151,  161,  163, 
164,  165,  166,  170,  178,  181,  187,  189,  195,  198,  199, 
201,  203,  204,  206,  210,  211,  212,  215,  227,  302,  307, 
311,  312,  313,  316,  320,  321,  322,  325,  340,  343,  346, 
349,  355,  358,  359,  361,  363,  373,  377,  382,  383,  387, 
392,  394,  395,  406. 
resigned  from  the  N.  H.  M.  S.,  207,  219,  227,  228. 
Crosby,  Dr.  Thomas  R.,  324,  325,  326,  328,  329,  332,  343,  355,  361. 
Cummings,  Dr.  Silas,  265,  293,  295,  331,  333,  336,  338,  339,  340,  341, 
343,  345,  346,  347,  349,  354,  355,  358,  361,  362, 
363,  368,  369,  370,  373,  375,  377,  381,  382,  386, 
388,  389,  390,  394,  395,  405,  406. 
Currie,  Dr.  Thomas  H.,  346,  347,  355,  361,  368. 

Cutter,  Dr.  Ammi  Ruhami,  3,  8,  23,  27,  31,  34,  35,  36,  39,  40,  44,  46,  47, 
52,  54,  55,  57,  59,  66,  71,  75,  76,  82,  84,  88, 
89. 
Cutter,  Dr.  William,  38,  41,  42,  43,  44,  46,  48,  50,  51,  52,  53,  55,  56,  57, 
59,  60,  64,  66,  67,  70,  71,  72,  77,  80,  84,  88,  90,  109, 
179. 
Dalton,  Dr.  J.,  187,  198,  383. 
Dalton,  Dr.  John,  170. 

Dalton,  Dr.  Joseph,  148,  180,  183,  194,  205,  305,  322. 
Dame,  Dr.  Alexander  Augustus,  57,  61. 
Dana,  Dr.  James  Freeman,  162,  163,  166,  167,  168,  170,  172,  173,  178, 

198,  205. 
Dana,  Dr.  John  A.,  300,  301,  302,  340,  344. 
Danforth,  Dr.  James,  311,  312,  346,  361,  405. 

Dartmouth  Medical  Institution,  report  of  delegates,  172,  181,  204,  216, 

229,  241,  252,  255, 
267,  274,  283,  303, 
316,  323,  327,  333, 
350. 
Davis,  Dr.  N.  S.,  400. 

Dearborn,  Dr.  Asahel,  218,  221,  223,  263,  283. 
Dearborn,  Dr.  Ebenezer,  97,  162. 
Dearborn,  Dr.  John  S.,  33,  34. 
Dearborn,  Dr.  Samuel  G.,  386,  388,  398. 
Delamater,  Dr.,  276. 
Dewees,  Dr.  WiUiam  P.,  251,  252. 


Index  423 

Dewey,  Dr.  John,  162,  178. 

Dexter,  Dr.  Aaron,  107. 

Dickey,  Dr.  339,  340,  346,  350,  359. 

Dickey,  Dr.  A.  O.,  324,  326,  332,  333,  336,  343,  349,  357,  363,  383. 

Dickey,  Dr.  Hanover,  309,  312,  313,  320,  321,  322,  323,  325,  331,  336, 

341,  342,  347. 
Dickey,  Dr.  Hanover,  Jr.,  328. 
Dole,  Mr.,  329. 
Dorsey,  Dr.  John  S.,  78. 
Doten,  Dr.  Isaac,  141,  148,  170. 

Dousman,  Dr.  John  B.,  234,  259,  260,  261,  265,  266,  268,  272,  273,  274, 
281,  282,  287,  301,  302,  303,  305,  310,  312,  315. 
Dow,  Dr.,  212,  215,  266,  320. 
Dow,  Dr.  Darius  A.,  360,  361,  363. 
Dow,  Dr.  Jabez,  35,  71,  107,  170,  172,  177,  179,  183,  184,  187,  188,  189, 

198,  205,  206,  214,  222,  232. 
Dow,  Moses,  6. 
Dow,  Dr.  Samuel  W.,  206,  218,  221,  259,  260,  262,  265,  268,  270,  271, 

273. 
Drake,  Dr.  Daniel,  251,  252. 

Drew,  Dr.  Stephen,    128,  162,  221,  251,  256,  260,  261,  264,  265,  273, 
287,  294,  298,  299,  300,  305,  307,  322,  329,  337, 
343. 
Dunbar,  Dr.  George  F.,  213. 
Durgin,  Dr.  O.  E.,  187. 
Durgin,  Rev.  Mr.,  397. 
Durkee,  Dr.  John,  170,  178,  179. 
Dwight,  Dr.  Josiah,  51,  61,  112,  115,  133,  148,  151,  155,  159,  163,  168, 

169,  170,  172. 
Eastern  District  Medical  Society,  forfeiture  of  charter,  183. 
Eastman,  Dr.,  245,  324,  338,  339,  344,  392,  403,  409. 
Eastman,  Dr.  Joseph,  70,  318,  320,  329,  331,  333,  343,  346,  350,  355, 

357,  358,  359,  363,  371,  395,  403. 
Eastman,  Joseph  B.,  195,  245,  246. 

Eastman,  Dr.  Josiah  C,  311,  312,  319,  320,  322,  325,  326,  328,  330, 
331,  337,  343,  345,  346,  349,  350,  355,  356, 
358,  361,  362,  363,  365,  367,  368,  369,  370, 
371,  372,  373,  376,  377,  381,  382,  383,  389, 
393,  394,  395,  405. 
Eaton,  Dr.  Harrison,  325,  326,  332,  333,  336,  337,  340,  341,  343,  349, 

355,  361,  366,  367,  368,  382,  387,  394,  405. 
Eaton,  Dr.  Jacob  S.,  301,  311,  312. 
Edwards,  Dr.  Thomas  O.,  377. 

Eldridge,  Dr.  Hezekiah,  270,  271,  281,  294,  299,  301,  309,  312,  313 , 
315,  368. 


424  Index 

Eldridge,  Dr.  Micah,  270,  271,  273,  281,  286,  294,  298,  301,  305,  312, 

313,  315,  316,  319,  322,  329. 
Elkins,  Dr.,  195,  212,  302,  355. 

Elkins,  Dr.  John  P.,  180,  214,  222,  229,  234,  236,  238,  240,  245,  265, 
268,  271,  273,  286,  294,  298,  301,  305,  315,  318, 
322,  361. 
Elkins,  Dr.  O.,  221. 
Elkins,  Dr.  P.,  221,  229. 

Elkins,  Dr.  Tilton,  201,  203,  238,  245,  251,  260,  265,  312,  320. 
Elliott,  Dr.,  261,  301,  312. 
Elliott,  Dr.  Charles  F.,    339,  341,  349,  354,  355,  357,  359,  360,  361, 

363,  368,  370,  405,  409. 
ElUott,  Dr.  John  B.,  112,  263,  283. 
EUiott,  Dr.  John  S.,  259,  261,  305,  315. 
Emerson,  Dr.  G.,  400. 
Ewers,  Mr.,  152. 

Farley,  Dr.  Luther,  104,  107,  125,  163,  171,  172,  177. 
Farrar,  Dr.  George,  73,  77,  82,  93,  94,  95,  100,  131,  138,  140,  141,  177, 

206,  238. 
Farrington,  Dr.  James,  122,  149,  170,  172,  174,  179,  185,  187,  189,  205, 
206,  212,  214,  218,  219,  221,  222,  232,  234,  235, 
236,  238,  239,  263,  325,  328,  329,  336,  343. 
Fellows,  Dr.  John,  361,  368,  386,  388. 
Femald,  Dr.  John  S.,  238,  244,  247,  305,  315,  329,  343,  377,  378,  379, 

382,  383,  384,  385,  386,  390,  391,  392,  394,  397, 

398,  403,  404,  405,  406,  407. 
Ferson,  Dr.  WiUiam,  42. 
Fifield,  Dr.  John  L.,  120,  266,  281. 
Fisher,  Dr.  Joshua,  67. 
Fitch,  Dr.  Francis  P.,  293,  295,  296,  298,  305,  310,  311,  312,  315,  318, 

320,  322,  325,  326,  329,  331,  332,  333,  335,  337, 

338,  343,  346,  349,  350,  354,  355,  361,  363,  368, 

374,  375,  377,  379,  382,  383,  386,  388,  390,  391, 

392,  395,  398,  403,  405,  406. 
Flanders,  Dr.,  281,  295,  331,  341,  346,  356. 
Flanders,  Dr.  Daniel,  343. 
Flanders,  Dr.  David,  271,  294,  311,  313,  319,  321,  328,  330,  337,  349, 

355,  357,  358,  360,  361,  362,  365,  371,  377. 
Flanders,  Dr.  E.  B.,  377. 
Fletcher,  Dr.  M.  R.,  301,  306. 
Fogg,  Dr.,  95,  103,  110. 
Fogg,  Dr.  John,  39,  44,  46,  48,  51,  52,  53,  60,  66,  71,  72,  76,  77,  93,  96, 

100,  131,  159,  173. 
Fogg,  Dr.  Seth,  72,  77,  82,  83,  93,  94,  95,  97,  98,  99,  100,  101,  104,  105, 

107,  108,  109,  112,  122. 
Folsom,  Thomas,  65. 


Index  425 

Foord,  Dr.  Joseph,  167,  187. 

Foster,  Clarissa,  224. 

Foster,  Mrs.,  178. 

Foster,  Dr.  Samuel,  39,  44,  46,  52,  75,  88,  122,  123,  126. 

Francis,  Dr.,  400. 

Fractures,  resolution  in  regard  to  treatment  of,  404. 

Freeman,  Dr.,  330. 

French,  Dr.,  340,  346. 

French,  Dr.  C,  355. 

French,  Dr.  John,  80,  141,  148,  152,  161,  170,  2.38. 

French,  Dr.  John  O.,  361,  395,  405,  406. 

French,  Dr.  Jonathan,  51. 

French,  Dr.  J.  S.,  325. 

French,  Dr.  Otis,  257,  330,  332,  357,  361,  363. 

French,  Dr.  Samuel  P.,  398,  399. 

French,  William,  225. 

Frink,  Dr.  Calvin,  9,  102,  127,  141. 

Frost,  Dr.  Elias,  187,  249,  252. 

Frost,  Dr.  Ephraim  S.,  269. 

Fry,  Dr.,  320. 

Fuller,  Dr.  James  M.,  162. 

Gage,  Dr.  Charles  Pinckney,    309,  312,  318,  320,  325,  331,  336,  338, 

339,  340,  342,  345,  346,  349,  350,  353, 
354,  355,  357,  358,  359,  360,  363,  364, 
365,  366,  367,  368,  370,  371,  372,  373, 
374,  376,  377,  380,  384,  385,  387,  390, 
391,  392,  393,  396,  397,  399,  405. 

Gage,  Dr.  Horace,  311,  312,  361,  367,  371. 

Gale,  Dr.,  31,  36,  37,  320,  321. 

Gale,  Dr.  Amos,  8,  9,  27,  31,  36,  64,  95. 

Gale,  Dr.  Amos,  Jr.,  38. 

Gale,  Dr.  Amos  G.,  311,  312,  359. 

Gale,  Dr.  B.,  355. 

Gale,  Dr.  Ezra  B.,   300,  301,  315,  343,  349,  357,  362,  371,  376,  383. 

Gale,  Dr.  George  W.,  198,  201. 

Gale,  Dr.  Israel,  50,  148,  187,  192,  194,  205,  214,  222,  231,  232,  235, 
236,  239,  240. 

Gallup,  Dr.,  187. 

Garland,  Dr.  George  W.,  373,  375,  378,  382,  383,  392,  397,  403,  405. 

Gates,  Dr.  Jeremiah,  345,  347,  350. 

George,  Dr.  Austin,  180. 

Gerrish,  Dr.  Samuel,  72. 

Glidden,  Atkinson,  226. 

Glidden,  Richard,  188. 

Goodrich,  Dr.  Abel,  112,  162. 

Coram,  Dr.  David  W.,  201. 


426  Index 

Gordon,  Dr.  William,  43,  61,  70. 

Goreham,  Dr.  John,  84. 

Gould,  Dr.  Joseph,  309,  320,  361. 

Gove,  Dr.  Jonathan,  8,  9,  26,  27,  30,  58,  89,  127,  398,  399. 

Grafton  County  Medical  Society,  chartered,  160. 

Graves,  Dr.  J.  G.,  300,  301,  331,  332,  340,  342,  343,  344,  345,  346,  347, 

349,  353,  355,  356,  357,  361,  365,  367. 
Graves,  Dr.  J.  H.,  368. 

Graves,  Dr.  William,  87,  112,  149,  170,  186,  187. 
charges  against,  174,  178,  181. 
Gregg,  Dr.  James  A.,  149,  161,  164,  165,  195,  198,  203,  206,  212,  214, 
215,  222,  231,  233,  235,  239,  245,  251,  254,  255, 
256,  260,  262,  265,  267,  268,  269,  278,  281,  294, 
307,  312,  313,  320,  321,  325,  331,  332,  336,  340, 
342,  346,  347,  348,  349,  355,  356,  361,  362,  365. 
charges  against,  270,  279,  284,  287,  294,  295,  307. 
Greeley,  Dr.  Jonathan,  51,  61,  71,  78,  83,  92,  173. 
Greeley,  Dr.  Joseph,  131. 
Green,  Dr.,  26,  33,  37,  110,  136,  140. 
Green,  Dr.  Ezra,  3,  64,  294,  295. 
Green,  Dr.  Peter,  8,  9,  60,  65,  84,  94,  95,  99,  100,  102,  107,  108,  114,  115, 

122,  123,  129,  131,  133,  137,  148. 
Griffin,  Dr.  Ezra  L.,  392,  395,  403,  405,  406. 
Gross,  Dr.  Samuel  D.,  345,  347. 
Grosvener,  Dr.  Aaron  P.,  162,  205,  212,  262,  268. 
Grosvener,  Dr.  David  A.,  119. 
Grover,  Dr.  N.,  374. 
Grover,  Dr.  WiUiam,  368. 
Hall,  Dr.  Jeremiah  F.,  277,  293,  295,  299,  301,  320,  322,  378,  379,  382, 

383,  389,  390,  395,  405,  406. 
Hamihon,  Dr.  Cyrus  B.,  187,  214,  355,  357,  361,  363,  374,  378,  383,  389, 

390,  395. 
Hammons,  Dr.  Jacob  (Joseph),  162. 

Hammons,  Dr.  Joseph,    113,  172,  174,  178,  187,  262,  345,  347,  348,  349, 
355,  357,  358,  359,  361,  362,  367,  368,  371,  389, 
392,  393,  394,  395,  397,  399,  406, 
Hanson,  Dr.  Jacob  C,  288,  300,  301,  302,  309,  312,  320,  325. 
Harding,  Dr.  N.,  257. 

Hardy,  Dr.  Noah,  128,  132,  240,  247,  262,  268,  273,  287,  315. 
Harlan,  Dr.  Richard,  251,  252. 

Harper,  Dr.  Joseph  M.,  92,  117,  123,  129,  131,  148,  161,  170,  178,  187, 
195,  203,  204,  205,  212,  215,  221,  225,  229,  231, 
234,  235,  237,  238,  240. 
Harris,  Dr.  Da\'id,  311,  312. 
Hastings,  Dr.  Oliver,  149,  165,  193. 
Hatch,  Dr.,  221,  238. 


Index  427 

Hatch,  Dr.  Elisha,  392. 
Hatch,  Dr.  Isaac,  175. 
Hatch,  Dr.  Reuben,  212,  213. 

Haynes,  Dr.  Timothy,  277,  281,  282,  296,  297,  299,  300,  301,  302,  306, 
309,  312,  313,  315,  320,  322,  325,  331,  340,  343, 
346,  355,  361. 
Hazeltine,  Dr.  Abraham,  184. 
Hazeltine,  Dr.  Richard,  30. 
Heald,  Dr.  Asa,  198,  265,  266. 
Heard,  Dr.  John,  330,  332. 
Henchman,  Dr.  Nathaniel,  97. 
Herbert,  Dr.  Charles,  Jr.,  105. 
Herrick,  Dr.  Israel,  187,  235,  236,  239. 
Hill,  Dr.,  164,  179,  187,  190,  195,  212,  215,  238,  239,  245,  251,  282,  303, 

321,  399. 
Hill,  Dr.  Isaac,  215,  235,  236. 
Hill,  Dr.  Levi  G.,  288,  300,  301,  302,  309,  357,  361,  362,  366,  367,  368, 

370,  381,  383,  390,  394,  395,  397,  398,  405,  409. 
Hill,  Dr.  Moses,  249,  260,  271,  282,  287,  294,  295,  298,  301,  304,  305, 

308,  312,  314,  320,  325,  326,  331,' 332,  336. 
Hill,  Dr.  Thomas  P.,  141,  149,  161,  164,  170,  171,  172,  173,  178,  179, 
180,  183,  188,  191,  193,  198,  199,  205,  213,  235, 
238,  239,  246,  256,  265,  266,  270,  277,  281,  282, 
285,  287,  296,  297,  300,  310,  312,  320,  340. 
Hoit  (Also  see  Hoyt). 
Hoit,  Hoyt,  Dr.,  195,  203,  212,  221,  227,  228,  231,  234,  235,  245,  246, 

248,  -249,  251,  258,  260,  265,  270,  271,  274,  275,  281, 

293,  296,  300,  301,  309,  310,  311,  314,  320,  321,  325, 

326,  329,  330,  331,  332,  335,  340. 
Hoit,  Dr.  Daniel  J.,  345,  347. 
Holyoke,  Dr.  Edward  A.,  67. 
Hook,  Dr.  H.  M.,  311,  312. 
Hosford,  Dr.,  357,  363. 
Hosford,  Dr.  Willard,  371,  376,  391. 
Hovey,  Dr.  Daniel,  187. 

Hough,  Dr.  Dan,  67,  72,  101,  126,  240,  157,  163. 
Hough,  George,  215. 
Howe,  Dr.  Adonijah,  180. 
Howe,  Dr.  Adonijah,  Jr.,  104. 
Howe,  Dr.,  26,  195,  201,  205,  206,  212,  262,  265,  294,  295,  296,  300,  301, 

304,  310,  311,  312,  320. 
Howe,  Dr.  James,  8,  9. 
Howe,  Dr.  Luke,  86,  90,  162,  170,  187,  189,  195,  198,  202,  205,  215,  232, 

235,  256,  268,  273,  294,  297,  298,  299,  305,  306,  310, 

315,  319,  322,  324,  335. 
obituary,  326. 


428  Index 

Howe,  Dr.  Zadoc,  93. 

Howard,  Dr.  Nathaniel,  162,  178,  212. 

Hoyt,  Dr.  Enos,  187,  188,  205,  226,  236,  238,  240,  241,  246,  249,  251, 
257,  258,  259,  261,  262,  264,  267,  268,  270,  271,  273, 
277,  278,  280,  283,  284,  285,  286,  287,  294,  297,  298, 
305,  317,  355,  361,  367,  368. 

Hoyt,  Dr.  Moses  C,  386,  388. 

Hoyt,  Dr.  Otis,  258,  264,  270,  271. 

Hubbaid,  Dr.,  354,  399,  409. 

Hubbard,  Dr.  Calvin,  259,  260. 

Hubbard,  Dr.  George  H.,  356,  366,  368,  374,  376. 

Hubbard,  Dr.  Oliver  P.,  311,  312,  345,  347. 

Hubert,  Dr.,  201. 

Hull,  Dr.  Lawrens,  310. 

Huston,  Dr.  Samuel,  130,  180,  187,  197,  201,  203. 

Hutchins,  Dr.  Ezra,  40,  43,  45,  47,  52,  56. 

Hutchinson,  Dr.  Jonas,  145,  162,  260,  261. 

Ingalls,  Dr.,  140. 

Ingalls,  Dr.  Jedediah,  34,  86,  90,  100,  108,  115,  120,  123,  133,  148,  151, 
159,  163,  168,  169,  170,  172. 

Ingalls,  Dr.  WilUam,  84. 

Ives,  Dr.  Eli,  227. 

Jackson,  Dr.  Hall,  3,  7,  8,  23,  27,  30,  31,  34. 

Jackson,  Dr.  James,  84. 

Jackson,  Dr.  John,  3,  8,  31,  34,  35,  36,  39,  40,  41. 

Jenner,  Dr.  Edward,  67. 

Jewett,  Dr.  Thomas,  162. 

Johnson,  Dr.  Abner,  121,  149,  161,  170,  227. 

Johnson,  Dr.  Willis,  212,  213. 

Jones,  Dr.  Benjamin,  31,  83. 

Jones,  Dr.  Nathan,  162. 

Journal  of  Medicine,  New  Hampshire,  publication  authorized,  200. 

Kellogg,  Dr.  Amasa,  158. 

Kelley,  Dr.,  399. 

Kelley,  Dr.  Benjamin,  73,  78,  83,  148,  199. 

Kelley,  Dr.  C.  K.,  373,  375. 

Kelley,  John,  314. 

Kelley,  Dr.  Amasa,  112,  115. 

Kidder,  Di.  Moses,  112,  115,  131,  141,  198. 

Kidder,  Dr.  Nathaniel,  8,  40,  83. 

Kimball,  Dr.,  228. 

Kimball,  Dr.  Eliphalet,  187. 

Kimball,  Dr.  John,  162,  170. 

King,  Dr.  Samuel  D.,  311,  312. 

Knight,  Dr.  Antonio,  169. 

Knight,  Dr.  Jonathan,  400. 


Index  429 

Knight,  Dr.  Luther  M.,  301,  302,  312,  317,  325,  329,  337,  339,  340, 
341,  343,  344,  355,  361,  368,  381,  382,  386, 
387,  389,  394,  398,  399,  409. 

Knox,  Miss,  178. 

Kittredge,  Dr.,   31,  174,  195,  212,  221,  229,  234,  245,  246,  251,  265,  375. 

Kittredge,  Dr.  Benjamin,  141,  148. 

Kittredge,  Dr.  George  W.,  259,  260. 

Kittredge,  Dr.  J.,  187,  222. 

Kittredge,  Dr.  Jacob,  149,  163,  179,  180,  185,  189,  2.34,  236,  238,  239. 

Kittredge,  Dr.  Josiah,  106,  148,  161,  170,  178,  179,  181,  186,  199,  213, 
214,  223,  235,  237,  238,  240,  255,  375. 

Kittredge,  Dr.  Rufus,  180. 

Kittredge,  Dr.  Thomas  B.,  27,  388. 

Ladd,  Dr.  N.  G.,  287,  330,  335. 

Lamson,  Benjamin,  33,  37,  38. 

Lane,  Dr.,  221,  229,  234,  260,  265,  281. 

Lane,  Dr.  Isaiah,  174,  198,  225,  226. 

Lane,  Dr.  Josiah,  42,  76,  78,  83,  173. 

Lane,  Dr.  Robert,  162,  180,  324. 

Lane,  Dr.  Timothy  O.,  265,  266. 

Langdon,  Dr.  William  Eustis,  169. 

Lawrence,  Dr.  Prescott,  214,  222. 

Leach,  Dr.  John  T.  G.,  278,  281,  282. 

Leavitt,  Benjamin,  70,  75,  82,  88. 

Leavitt,  Joseph,  224. 

Leavitt,  Dr.  Nathaniel,  259,  260,  264. 

Lerned,  Dr.  Ebenezer,  38,  55,  56,  57,  58,  59,  60,  64,  65,  66,  67,  69,  70, 
71,  72,  77,  80,  81,  84,  87,  88,  90,  92,  93,  94,  95, 
97,  98,  99,  100,  104,  105,  106,  107,  108,  109,  110, 
114,  115,  117,  121,  122,  127,  128,  129,  146,  148, 
151,  152,  153,  154,  157,  161,  163,  167,  170,  172, 
177,  179,  180,  186,  187,  189,  194,  195,  197,  203, 
212,  214,  218,  219,  221,  222,  227,  229,  231. 

Libbey,  Dr.  David  T.,  105,  162,  251. 

License  to  practise  medicine,  requirements  for,  245,  249. 

Lindsay,  Dr.  Thomas,  107,  183,  205,  218,  221,  283. 

Lindsay,  Dr.  Thomas,  Jr.,  174,  263. 

Little,  Dr.  Samuel,  324,  326,  339. 

Livy,  Dr.  David  T.,  256,  259,  260,  262,  264,  266. 

Liquors,  distilled,  resolution,  217. 

Lock,  Dr.  L.  F.,  373,  375,  382. 

Long,  Dr.,  128,  139,  140,  141,  151,  152,  173,  174,  187,  195,  212,  228, 
229,  238,  245,  246,  248,  251,  252,  256,  260,  262,  265. 

Long,  Dr.  Moses,  104,  107,  114,  115,  123,  124,  129,  131,  133,  148,  151, 
157,  161,  163,  166,  170,  172,  178,  179,  189,  205,  213, 
218,  221,  222,  227,  228,  229,  232,  233,  234,  235,  236, 
237,  238,  239,  240,  244,  247,  2.54,  255,  256,  268. 


430  Index 

Long,  Dr.  Moses,  Jr.,  81. 

Long,  Dr.  Samuel,  259,  264. 

Low,  Dr.  Nathaniel,  187,  263,  283. 

Lyman,  Dr.  L.  D.,  339,  341. 

Manchester  District  Medical  Society,  313,  319,  321. 

McCrillis,  Dr.  John,  114,  162,  178,  179,  187,  188,  195,  228,  229,  231, 

236,  240,  245,  246,  248,  262,  265,  266,  268,  301. 
McFarland,  Dr.  Andrew,  318,  320,  325,  326,  329,  365,  368,  374,  377, 

392,  397,  398,  404. 
McGregory,  Dr.  John  B.,  147,  170,  189,  198,  201,  203,  205,  206,  210, 
212,  214,  215,  219,  221,  222,  223,  224,  227, 
228,  229,  231,  234,  235,  239,  247,  249,  251, 
252,  256,  258,  260,  261,  267,  271,  272,  273, 
275,  277,  281,  285,  311,  314,  316,  317. 
McQuesten,  Dr.  David,  245. 
Main,  Dr.  Jacob,  43. 
Malpractice  suits,  resolution,  404. 
Manning,  Dr.  Peter,  130. 

Marshall,  Dr.  Thomas  H.,  311,  312,  354,  358,  361,  363,  367,  368,  370, 

374,  376,  384,  389,  390,  393,  395,  399,  406. 

Martin  (Martyn),  Dr.  Noah,  271,   281,  285,   286,  298,   310,  329,   371, 

374,   375,   376,   377,   378,   379,   382,   383, 

384,  386,  387,  389,  390,  395. 

Mason,  Dr.  W.  H.  H.,  361,  362,  367,  368,  374,  382,  383,  384,  387,  389, 

392,  393,  395,  398,  399,  405,  406. 
Meigs,  Dr.  C.  D.,  400. 
Melcher,  Dr.  S.  F.,  391. 
Merrill,  Dr.,  212,  285,  309,  331. 
Merrill,  Dr.  Jesse,  187,  277,  340. 
Merrill,  Dr.  Levi,  106,  149. 
Merrill,  Dr.  Silas,  91,  112,  115,  117,  122,  148,  170,  178,  187,  203,  204, 

205,  215,  260. 
Merrill,  Dr.  Thomas  H.,  118,  149,  161. 
Miller,  Dr.  Edward,  78. 
Millett,  Dr.  Jonathan  S.,  141. 
Mitchell,  Dr.  Samuel  L.,  67,  219, 
Moore,  Dr.  Edward  B.,  284,  300,  301,  302,  305,  307,  315,  317,  355,  357, 

362,  397. 
Moore,  Dr.  E.  G.,  361,  368. 
Moore,  Dr.  E.  W.,  361. 
Morrill,  Dr.,  95,  173,  193,  195,  235. 

Morril,  Dr.  David  S.,  99,  101,  107,  108,  109,  114,  116,  122,  125,  126, 

127,  129,  148,  161,  163,  165,  166,  170,  172,  178, 

179,  180,  189. 

Morrill,  Dr.  Samuel,  35,  57,  64,  71,  73,  82,  84,  87,  88,  90,  91,  92,  94, 

96,  97,  98,  99,  100,  102,  103,  104,  105,  106,  107, 


Index  431 

Morrill,  Dr.  Samuel,  108,  110,  112,  113,  115,  117,  118,  121,  122,  123, 
124,  127,  128,  129,  130,  131,  133,  138,  140,  141, 
142,  143,  144,  146,  148,  151,  152,  154,  157,  158, 
161,  163,  164,  165,  166,  167,  168,  169,  170,  172, 
173,  174,  178,  179,  181,  187,  189,  194,  198,  201, 
203,  205,  206,  212,  213,  221,  222,  232,  234,  236. 
Morrison,  Dr.  John,  96,  162,  187,  238,  265,  294,  322,  340. 
Morse,  Dr.,  108,  221,  326,  331,  332,  346,  348,  350. 
Morse,  Dr.  Caleb,  95,  107,  109,  122,  126,  198,  263,  283. 
Morse,  Dr.  Ebenezer,  141,  148,  198,  205. 
Morse,  Dr.  Julius  H.,  324,  326,  329,  337,  346. 
Mott,  Dr.,  400. 

Mowe,  Dr.  Daniel,  180,  195,  229,  231,  234,  238,  241,  263,  283. 
Mussey,  Dr.  Reuben  D.,  109,  110,  114,  115,  116,  119,  123,  129,  133, 
146,  147,  148,  151,  153,  157,  160,  161,  163, 
168,  170,   171,  172,  174,  176,  178,  179,  180, 
183,  184,    185,  186,  187,  188,  193,  194,'  195, 
198,  200,  201,  203,  206,  212,  213,  214,  215, 
216,  218,  219,  221,  222,  223,  224,  228,  229, 
231,  232,  235,  236,  237,  238,  239,  240,  241, 
245,  247,  248,  249,  251,  252,  256,  257,  260, 
261,  262,  263,  265,  266,  267,  268,  270,  271, 
273,  274,  275,  276,  281,  282,  286,  287,  293, 
294,  298,  303,  304,  307,  311,  312,  384. 
New  Hampshire  Journal  of  Medicine,  resolution,  397. 
New  Hampshire  Medical  Society,  act  to  incorporate,  3. 

incorporators,  7. 

charges    against,    pubUshed   in    the 
Congregational  Journal,  338,  341, 
342,  344. 
laws  and  regulations,  11. 
library,  distribution  of,  189. 
organization  of,  7. 

rules  and  orders  to  be  observed  in 
meetings,  22. 
Nichols,  Dr.  Ezra,  168. 
Nichols,  Dr.  Moses,  8,  9,  60,  65,  100. 
Northampton  Convention,  report  of  committee,  219. 
Norris,  Dr.  James,  91. 
Nute,  John,  188. 
Odell,  Dr.  G.,  120. 

Odell,  Dr.  James,  112,  115,  131,  140,  141,  148,  151,  163. 
Odell,  Dr.  James,  Jr.,  88,  156. 
Olcott,  Dr.  Charles,  324,  326. 

Oliver,  Dr.  Daniel,  162,   172,   173,   174,   176,   177,   179,   181,   184,   185, 
187,  189,  190,  191,  192,  193,  194,  195,  198,  200,  201, 


432  Index 

Oliver,  Dr.  Daniel,  203,  205,  206,  210,  211,  212,  214,  216,  218,  219, 
221,  222,  227,  231,  232,  235,  236,  239,  240,  246, 
247,  249,  251,  256,  257,  262,  268,  273,  276,  286,  287, 
298,  304,  307. 

Osgood,  Dr.  Amos,  142. 

Osgood,  Dr.  Kendall,  3,  9,  27,  28,  30,  31,  37. 

Page,  Dr.,  28,  285,  295,  296,  297,  301,  312. 

Page,  Dr.  Benjamin,  3,  7,  9,  83. 

Page,  Dr.  C.  P.,  340. 

Page,  Dr.  John  C,  245,  246,  251,  263,  271,  273,  274,  277,  286,  288,  289, 
293,  294,  297,  298,  304. 

Page,  Dr.  William,  3,  9,  23,  24,  27. 

Palmer,  Dr.,  401. 

Parker,  Dr.,  31,  127,  139,  140,  391,  392,  393,  394,  398,  403,  404,  406, 
407,  409. 

Parker,  Dr.  Benjamin,  128,  132. 

Parker,  Dr.  Benjamin  C,  149. 

Parker,  Dr.  Charles  E.,  300,  301. 

Parker,  Dr.  Ed.  H:,  372,  375,  378,  382,  384,  387,  390,  391,  395,  402. 

Parker,  Dr.  Willard,  331,  332. 

Parker,  Dr.  William,  3,  9. 

Parker,  Dr.  William,  Jr.,  7,  9,  23. 

Parkhurst,  Dr.  Timothy,  170. 

Parsons,  Dr.  Usher,  373,  375. 

Pascatis,  Dr.  Felia,  153. 

Pastoral  Convention  of  Congregational  and  Presbyterian  Ministers, 
communication  from,  408. 

Peabody,  Dr.,  399. 

Peabody,  Dr.  Leonard  W.,  380. 

Peabody,  Dr.  Nathaniel,  3,  7,  9,  23,  26,  27,  28,  31,  52,  55,  59,  127. 

Peach,  Dr.  Thomas,  203,  212,  229,  234,  245,  251. 

Pearson,  Jo.seph,  7. 

Pearsons,  Dr.  J.  B.,  368. 

Pearsons,  Dr.  J.  W.,  198. 

Peaslee,  Dr.  Edmund  R.,  324,  326,  335,  336,  337,  339,  340,  343,  344, 
345,  346,  348,  349,  350,  354,  355,  356,  357, 
358,  359,  360,  361,  363,  364,  371,  374,  375, 
377,  378,  381,  382,  383,  384,  389,  392,  393, 
397,  401,  406. 

Pemigewassett  Medical  Society,  chartered,  340. 

Perkins,  Dr.  Asa,  104,  142. 

Perkins,  Dr.  Cyrus,  86,  90,  117,  123. 

Perkins,  Dr.  James  W.,  158,  201,  203. 

Perkins,  Dr.  Jared,  187. 

Perry,  Dr.  William,  141,  180,  198,  214,  222. 

Peterson,  Dr.  James,  270,  271,  320,  325. 


Index  433 

Phelps,  Dr.,  306. 
Phelps,  Dr.  Edward  E.,  345,  347. 
Phelps,  Dr.  G.  A.,  386,  388. 
Phillips,  Dr.  B.  H.,  398. 
Physick,  Dr.  Philip  S.,  78. 
Pierce,  Dr.  Aaron,  119. 
Pierce,  Dr.  Augustus,  212. 

Pierrepont,  Dr.  James  H.,  61,  67,  72,  74,  75,  77,  82,  83,  84,  86,  88,  89, 
90,  93,  95,  100,  108,  110,  115,  116,  120,  121, 
123,  133,  152,  156. 
Pitcher,  Dr.,  400. 
Plastridge,  Dr.  Caleb,  201. 
Plastredge,  Dr.  Charles,  187. 
Plummer,  Dr.  N.,  403. 
Pond,  Dr.  198. 
Post,  Dr.  Wiight,  78. 
Powers,  Levi,  226. 
Pray,  Dr.  Samuel,  107,  108,  113,  114,  115,  118,  122,  123,  128,  133,  163, 

172,  179,  198,  263,  283. 
Prescott,  Dr.,  151,  152,  164,  167,  173,  195,  198,  202,  203,  215,^229,  234, 

235,  238,  245,  248. 
Prescott,  Dr.  Chase,  187,  188. 
Prescott,  Dr.  David,  380. 
Prescott,  Dr.  OUver,  32. 
Prescott,  Warren,  224. 
Prescott,  Dr.  Wilham,  117,  123,  126,  131,  133,  141,  148,  151,  160,  161, 

164,  170,  171,  179,  187,  198,  201,  202,  213,  216, 

259,  360,  361,  375,  395,  406. 
Preston,  Dr.  John,  8,  83,  117,  123. 
Priest,  Dr.  Jabez  B.,  145,  180. 
Proctor,  Dr.,  152,  178,  187,  195,  229,  238,  260,  265,  309,  312,  320,  325, 

331,  340,  346,  350. 
Proctor,  Dr.  James,  153. 

Proctor,  Dr.  John,  117,  123,  148,  161,  165,  170,  171,  213,  223,  251,  257. 
Proctor,  Dr.  Joseph,  151. 
Proctor,  Dr.  William  W.,  309,  368. 
Quackery,  resolution,  191. 
Ramsay,  Dr.  David,  67. 

Ramsay,  Dr.  Alexander,  132,  139,  140,  154,  156,  157. 
Ramsay,  Dr.  John,  141,  148,  172,  177,  189,  195,  198,  205,  240,  247,  256. 
Ranney,  Dr.  Thomas  Stow,  8,  9,  23,  26,  27,  31,  33,  36,  37,  39,  40,  44, 
46,  47,  48,  52,  53,  54,  55,  56,  57,  59,  60, 
65,  66,  71,  72,  75,  77,  83,  84,  88,  89,  93, 
100,  108,  154. 
Registration  of  births,  marriages,  and  deaths,  370,  379.  ' 

Reynolds,  Dr.  Joseph,  229,  232. 

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434  Index 

Reynolds,  Dr.  William  B.,  398,  399. 

Richards,  Dr.  Josiah,  162. 

Richardson,  Dr.  Samuel,  176,  198. 

Robinson,  Dr.  Abraham  H.,  386,  388,  398,  404. 

Roby,  Dr.  Joseph,  345,  347. 

Rocicwood,  Dr.  Ebenezer,  3,  7,  9,  23,  37. 

Rockingham  District  Medical  Society,  chartered,  192,  194. 

Rogers,  Dr.  John,  3,  7,  9,  23,  27,  102,  170,  172,  173,  174,  178,  187,  188, 
198,  229,  231. 

Rogers,  Dr.  Samuel,  249,  252. 

Rowe,  Dr.  Benjamin,  40,  83. 

Rowell,  Dr.  EUjah,  87. 

Rowell,  Dr.  Nathaniel,  64. 

Rush,  Dr.  Benjamin,  67. 

Russell,  Dr.  Richard,  141,  171,  178,  187,  189,  194,  247,  256,  263,  273, 
283,  315. 

Russell,  Dr.  Thomas,  8,  127. 

Sadd,  N.  Y.,  278. 

Safford,  Dr.  Charles  G.,  308. 

Sanborn,  Dr.,  198,  203,  248,  281,  320,  325,  332,  340,  380,  383,  387,  392. 

Sanborn,  Dr.  John,  170,  301. 

Sanborn,  Dr.  John  T.,  159,  234,  245. 

Sanborn,  Dr.  Jesse  A.,  392. 

Sanborn,  Dr.  Nathan, -167,  170,  177,  187,  198,  204,  205,  234,  235,  236, 
238,  240,  245,  247,  251,  256,  257,  260,  261,  262, 
263,  265,  267,  268,  270,  271,  272,  273,  276,  286, 
294,  312,  326,  342,  355,  368,  374,  389,  393,  394, 
405. 
congratulations  on  escape  from  death,  403. 

Sargent,  Dr.,  33,  36,  37,  39,  41,  43,  46,  95,  282,  296,  297,  302-,  306,  309, 
312,  313,  320,  325,  331,  340,  346,  369,  381,  385,  399. 

Sargent,  Dr.  Betton  W.,  380,  398,  399. 

Sargent,  Dr.  Henry,  87. 

Sargent,  Dr.  J.,  342. 

Sargent,  Dr.  James  F.,  278,  281,  294,  299,  302,  343,  347,  355,  361,  368, 
369,  374. 

Sargent,  Dr.  John  L.,  144. 

Sargent  Dr.  (?)  Samuel,  178. 

Sargent,  Dr.  Seneca,  345,  347,  355,  361. 

Sargent,  Dr.  Thomas,  8,  9,  36,  39,  40,  44,  71,  83,  84,  92,  93,  94,  98,  100, 
103,  107,  108,  112,  115,  132,  386. 

Savory,  Dr.  Charles  A.,  300,  301,  302,  312,  319,  320,  325,  327,  328,  340, 
341,  346,  347,  350,  355,  359,  361,  362,  363,  364. 

Sawver,  Dr.  Benjamin  E.,  311,  312,  320. 

Sawfer,  Dr.  Moody  C,  300,  301,  349. 

Sawyer,  Dr.  Samuel,  121. 


Index  435 

Sawyer,  Dr.,  272. 

Scripture,  Dr.  Oliver,  162,  330,  332,  337. 

Seavey,  Mr.,  178. 

Senter,  Dr.  M.  D.,  372,  375. 

Shackford,  Dr.  Charles  H.,  380,  384,  395,  405,  406. 

Shannon,  Dr.  Nathan,  398,  399. 

Shannon,  Dr.  Thomas,  91,  104,  107,  122,  161,  164,  166,  206,  221,  229, 

231,  235. 
Shattuck,  Dr.  George  C,  84. 
Shaw,  Dr.  Ichabod,  187,  263. 
Shaw,  Dr.  Jacob,  298. 
Shaw,  Dr.  Jonathan  H.,  96. 
Shurtleff,  Dr.  Asahel  D.,  187,  315. 
Sibley,  Dr.  Jonathan,  34. 
Sims,  Dr.  James,  67. 
Skelton,  Dr.  Benjamin,  180. 

Smalley,  Dr.  Adoniram,  367,  368,  369,  371,  373,  374,  376,  377,  382,  383, 
385,  387,  389,  390,  391,  393,  395,  397,  399,  402, 
403,  405,  406. 
Smart,  Dr.  Will  am  H.,  307. 

Smith,  Dr.,  69,  74,  78,  83,  221,  234,  248,  320,  325,  339,  346,  391. 
Smith,  Dr.  Aaron  B.,  330. 
Smith,  Dr.  A.  H.,  355. 

Smith,  Dr.  Albert,  318,  320,  340,  343,  344,  345,  346,  347,  349,  350,  355, 
357,  358,  359,  361,  362,  365,  368,  378,  381,  382,  383, 
384,  385,  386,  389,  394,  398,  405. 
Smith,  Dr.  H.,  281. 
Smith,  Dr.  Joseph  A.,  336. 

Smith,  Dr.  Joseph  H.,  259,  278,  287,  297,  298,  305,  315,  322,  325,  328, 
341,  342,  348,  349,  350,  358,  359,  360,  361,  363, 
367,  368,  370,  374,  376,  377,  380.  395. 
Smith,  Dr.  J.  S.,  340,  342. 

Smith,  Dr.  Nathan,  9,  65,  66,  70,  71,  72,  76,  77,  82,  84,  89,  92,  179,  233. 
Smith,  Dr.  Samuel,  162,  203,  245,  246. 
Smith,  Dr.  Wilham,  162,  170,  178,  229,  241,  245. 
Southern  District  Medical  Society,  chartered.  111. 
Sparkawke,  Dr.  George,  3. 
Spalding,  Dr.,  47,  50,  74,  99,  101,  103,  110,  125,  126,  128,  151,  154, 

212,  215,  223,  229. 

Spalding,  Dr.  Lyman,  43,  45,  48,  51,  52,  53,  54,  55,  56,  57,  58,  59,  60, 

61,  64,  65,  66,  69,  70,  71,  72,  75,  76,  77,  78,  79, 

80,  82,  84,  86,  88,  89. 

Spalding,  Dr.  Matthias,  67,  72,  75,  76,  77,  80,  81,  §4,  88,  89,  90,  92, 

93,  94,  97,  98,  99,  100,  102,  104,  106,  107,  108, 

111,  112,  113,  114,  115,  116,  117,  118, 120, 122, 

123,  126,  128,  129,  130,  132,  133,  145,  146, 


436  Index 

Spalding,  Dr.   Mathias,    172,  173,  176,  177,  178,  179,  183,  184,  189, 

148,  151,  153,  157,  158,  159,  161,  163,  170, 

206,  214,  216,  222,  223,  224,  231,  232,  235, 

236,  239,  257,  262,  268,  273,  286,  298,  305. 

Spalding,  Dr.  .,M  Jr.,  187. 

Spaulding,  Dr.  Edward,  311,  312,  349,  354,  360,  367,  368,  369,  370,  376, 

383,  387,  389,  390,  395,  405, 
Stackpole,  Dr.  P.  A.,  339,  341,  349,  350,  355,  357,  361,  367,  368,  371, 
375,  376,  379,  381,  382,  385,  387,  389,  391,  393, 
395,  397,  399,  303,  304,  305,  306. 
Staples,  Dr.  William  A.,  121. 
Stark,  Dr.  Alanson,  187. 

Stark,  Dr.  James,  104,  107,  115,  161,  170,  178,  187. 
Stark,  Dr.  John,  104,  107. 

State  Hospital,  resolution  asking  for  establishment  of,  277. 
Steams,  Dr.  Isaac,  143,  187. 
Steams,  Dr.  Thomas,  9. 
Sterne,  Dr.,  127. 
Stevens,  Dr.  John,  141. 
Stickney,  Dr.  Jeremiah,  176,  187,  228,  229. 
Stone,  Dr.  Wilham  P.,  373,  375,  378,  398,  399. 
Story,  Miss  Lydia,  369. 

Strafford  District  Medical  Society,  chartered,  85. 

Straw,  Dr.  Jacob,  162,  170,  178,  187,  221,  234,  238,  245,  251,  260,  261, 
262,  271,  273,  276,  278,  281,  282,  286,  294,  296,  297, 
300,  301,  309,  310,  312,  320,  321,  325,  331,  332,  340, 
355,  374,  409. 
Studley,  Dr.  Harvey,  187,  195,  203,  212,  221. 
Sweatt,  Dr.,  325,  398,  399,  406. 
Sweatt,  Dr.  J.  H.,  326. 

Sweatt,  Dr.  John  L.,  318,  320,  374,  376,  382,  389. 
Sweatt,  Dr.  Wilham,  105,  143. 
Symmes,  Dr.  Joshua  Gee,  30. 
Tappan,  Mr.,  101. 

Tenney,  Dr.  Richard,  P.  J.,  270,  271,  281,  287,  294,  298,  301,  305,  308, 
312,  317,  320,  325,  328,  331,  336.  340,  342, 
349,  355,  357,  358,  359,  360,  361,  362,  365, 
368,  371,  374,  377,  392. 
Tenney,  Dr.  Samuel,  3,  10,  23,  27,  30,  31,  36,  39,  40,  44,  45,  46,  47,  48, 
50,  52,  54,  56,  59,  64,  65,  66,  71,  72,  73,  74,  75,  76, 
77,  82,  84,  88,  89,  93. 
Tenney,  Dr.  William,  149,  161,  178,  187,  206. 

Tewksbury,  Dr.  Isaac,  198,  201,  205,  206,  210,  212,  214,  218,  222,  231, 
232,  235,  236,  240,  247,  265,  266,  267,  331,  339, 
340,  342,  344,  348. 
Thom,  Dr.  Isaac,  3,  7,  9,  26,  27,  31,  33,  34,  36,  38,  39. 


Index  437 

Thurston,  Dr.  John,  180,  198. 

Tibbetts,  Dr.  Charles  C,  354,  356,  374. 

Tibbetts,  Dr.  Thomas  J.,  251,  252,  262,  268. 

Tilton,  Dr.  James  A.,  308,  311,  312,  325.  331,  340,  341,  346,  355,  359, 
361,  363. 

Tilton,  Dr.  Joseph,  8,  9,  31,  39,  44,  45,  46,  48,  50,  .52,  53,  54,  55,  57,  59, 
65,  66,  71. 

Tilton,  Dr.  Joseph,  75,  76,  77,  82,  84,  88,  89,  90,  92,  93,  173. 

Tilton,  Dr.  Timothy,  198,  229,  249,  251,  254,  256,  262.  265,  268,  270, 
271,  273,  296. 

Toiry,  Dr.  Erastus,  78,  84,  154. 

Towle,  Dr.  Ira,  142. 

Towle,  Dr.  Phihp,  185. 

Trafton,  Dr.  WiUiam,  118. 

Tripp,  Dr.  B.  H.,  339,  345,  348,  350,  355,  361,  368. 

Tripure,  Dr.  William,  339. 

Trusses,  report  on,  305. 

Tuttle,  Dr.  Peter,  145,  162,  172,  177,  179,  186,  187,  188,  189,  194,  195, 
198,  201,  203,  204,  205,  206,  210,  212,  214,  217. 

Twitchell,  Dr.,  359,  360,  368,  386. 

Twitchell,  Dr.  Amos,  78,  84,  100,  101,  131,  138,  172,  179,  189,  212,  213, 
218,  221,  222,  227,  228,  229,  231,  232,  233,  234, 
240,  245,  248,  256,  262,  268,  269,  273,  287,  298, 
305,  310,  315,  328,  329,  342,  349,  357,  359,  363, 
371,  377,  378. 
obituary,  385,  389. 

Twitchell,  Dr.  George  B.,  339,  341,  343,  346,  348,  349,  354,  355,  357, 
361,  363,  365,  366,  367,  371,  372,  376,  383, 
387,  389,  390,  391,  392,  394,  397,  398,  399, 
403,  405,  406. 

Tyler,  President,  182. 

Tyler,  Dr.  John  E.,  380,  387,  389,  391,  392,  405. 

Vaccine  Virus  considered,  307,  316. 

Vamum,  Dr.  James,  146. 

Walker,  Dr.,  165,  311,  320,  321,  325,  330,  331,  332,  333. 

Walker,  Nathan,  228. 

Walker,  Dr.  Silas,  183,  313,  319,  328,  329,  330,  336. 

Wallace,  Dr.,  188,  201,  203,  212,  282,  .301,  340,  346. 

Wallace,  Dr.  Isaac,  106,  128,  132. 

Wallace,  Dr.  John,  113,  148,  183,  187,  189,  194,  268,  273. 

Wallace,  Dr.  Moses  R.,  301. 

Wallace,  Dr.  Thomas,  277,  281,  343,  349,  363,  371. 

Warren,  Dr.  John,  67. 

Warren,  Dr.  J.  C,  84. 

Warren,  Dr.  Moses  R.,  258,  260,  300. 

Wardrobe,  Dr.  Walter  I.,  122. 


438  Index 

Wardwell,  Dr.  Daniel,  162. 

Waterhouse,  Dr.  Benjamin,  67,  294,  295,  302. 

Waterhouse,  Dr.  William,  386,  388. 

Webber,  Dr.  Samuel,  187,  214,  219,  222,  223,  229,  232,  233,  236,  262, 
286,  298. 

Webster,  Hon.  Daniel,  253. 

Webster,  Dr.  Eliphalet  K.,  288,  293,  295,  296,  297,  301,  302,  309,  315, 
322,  325,  331,  340,  343,  349,  350,  353,  354, 
355,  361,  362,  364,  365,  366,  367,  368,  370, 
372,  373,  374,  375,  377,  381,  387,  389,  390, 
391,  392,  393,  394,  395,  396,  398,  402,  403, 
405,  409. 

Webster,  Dr.  J.,  273. 

Weeks,  Dr.  Albert  G.,  388. 

Weeks,  Dr.  Nathaniel,  144. 

Wells,  Dr.  Charles,  330,  332. 

Wells,  Dr.  David,  259,  260,  271,  278,  281,  297. 

Wells,  Dr.  Henry,  67. 

Western  District  Medical  Society,  24,  85,  101. 

Weston,  Dr.  Ira,  177. 

Weymouth,  Dr.  H.  E.,  345,  347,  355,  361. 

Wheeler,  Jacob,  225. 

Wheeler,  Dr.  John,  398,  399. 

Whipple,  Dr.  Alonzo,  259,  264. 

Whipple,  Col.,  54. 

Whipple,  Miss  Hannah  (Mrs.  Joshua  Brackett),  62. 

Whipple,  Dr.  Solomon  M.,  388,  398,  399. 

Whipple,  Dr.  Thomas,  80,  162,  198. 

Whipple,  Dr.  Thomas,  Jr.,  179,  180,  186,  189. 

White,  Dr.  Charles,  162,  263,  283. 

Whitehouse,  John,  178. 

Whittemore,  Dr.  Jacob  P.,  361,  389,  390,  399,  405. 

Whitney,  Dr.  Charles  W.,  233,  265,  266,  293,  295. 

Wiggin,  Dr.  Andrew  P.,  96,  141,  148,  165. 

Wight,  Dr.  Nahum,  300,  301,  302,  309,  322,  325,  328,  332,  333,  346,  349, 
355,  357,  365,  368,  378,  398. 

Wilber,  Dr.,  206. 

Wilkins,  Dr.  George,  159. 

Willard,  Dr.  Augustus,  185. 

Williard,  Dr.  Moses  T.,  309,  311,  312,  317,  320,  325,  329,  331,  337,  339, 
340,  342,  346,  350,  355,  359,  361,  362,  365, 
368,  374. 

Wilhams,  Dr.  Jacob,  218,  221,  271. 

WilUams,  Dr.  Richard,  205,  259,  260,  264,  281,  298,  301,  310,  312,  314, 
315,  317,  322. 

Wilson,  Dr.  E.  F.,  366,  368,  374. 


Index  439 

Wilson,  Dr.  Job,  95,  99,  101,  114,  115,  117,  140,  141,  161,  163,  165,  166, 
170,  171,  172,  177,  178,  179,  182,  189,  195,  198,  200, 
203,  205,  214,  222,  229,  246,  251,  256,  281,  301,  302, 
309,  362. 
death  announced,  393. 
obituary,  395. 
Wilson,  Dr.  Thomas  W.,  249,  259,  260,  265,  294,  320,  399. 
Wingate,  Hon.  John,  59. 
Wistar,  Dr.  Caspar,  78. 

Wood,  Dr.  Jacob  A.,  318,  320,  325,  326,  328,  336,  350,  355,  357,  363. 
Wood,  Dr.  Stillman  G.,  398,  399. 
Woodbury,  Dr.,  375,  392. 
Woodbury,  Dr.  Jonathan,  98,  263,  283. 
Woodbury,  Dr.  Mark  R.,  361,  368,  374,  378,  382,  389,  395. 
Woodbury,  Dr.  Peter  P.,  118,  149,  165,  222,  330,  332,  337,  338,  339, 
340,  343,  345,  346,  349,  353,  354,  355,  356, 
357,  358,  361,  362,  363,  365,  367,  368,  370, 
372,  374,  378,  381,  390,  393,  394,  396. 
Woodbury,  Dr.  Robert,  104,  107,  108,  109,  263,  283. 


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